June’s chair of the month is this joined chair made in South Lancashire or Cheshire 1685-1720, at least 100 years before High Wycombe’s Windsor chair making industry was established.
Joined chairs are made by fixing the wood together with joints such as mortice and tenons. Windsor chairs use turned, stick-like back and leg parts that are fixed into holes in the seat. See our article What Is A Windsor Chair? for more about on Windsor chairs.
Most of the chairs held by Wycombe Museum are from the High Wycombe area, but a few, like this one, are from other English chair making regions. Each chair making region shares design and making characteristics. Find out more about Reginal Furniture with the Regional Furniture Society.
Museum staff are in the process of adding chair records to Wycombe Museum’s selection of online records with the help of funding from the Regional Furniture Society. This chair is one of the new additions. You can search the records at the link below.
Regional Furniture Society 
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