The stick-back, comb-back, or as it is more widely known, the Windsor chair, is one of the most recognisable items of furniture in existence. It is also undeniably English, originating in the Chilterns and Thames Valley region around Windsor (hence the name), the latter becoming a central hub for the trade. A true Windsor chair is defined by its construction; while many chair types employ continuous stiles that form both back support and back leg in a single piece, all of the supporting stiles on a Windsor chair are dowelled into the seat piece, which is thus the central connecting section of the whole chairOne of the earliest surviving records for the production of Windsor chairs comes from the accounts of Lord Stanhope, who acquired a set of ‘Forrest’ chairs in the 1720s for Chevening House in Kent. Several dozen of these, named for their painted decoration and external use, were inventoried among his garden tools and wheelbarrows, and for good reason. Early examples like these would have been made by carpenters whose trade was otherwise dominated by the construction of cart wheels, wheelbarrows, and other utility objects. They were, and remain, similarly utilitarian; light and portable on account of their skeletal back rests, and often painted with resistant, lead-based green or grey paints to weatherproof the wood, though early makers also advertised them unpainted; “in the wood”.
Stick-Back, Comeback au kama inavyojulikana zaidi, kiti cha Windsor ni moja ya vitu vya kutambuliwa zaidi vya fanicha. Pia ni Kiingereza, inayotokana na eneo la Chilterns na Thames Valley karibu na Windsor (kwa hivyo jina), mwisho kuwa kitovu cha biashara. "Kiti cha kweli cha Windsor kinafafanuliwa na ujenzi wake; wakati aina nyingi za viti hutumia stiles zinazoendelea ambazo huunda msaada wa nyuma na mguu wa nyuma katika kipande kimoja, stiles zote za msaada kwenye kiti cha Windsor huunganishwa katika kipande cha kiti, ambayo kwa hivyo ni sehemu ya kuunganisha ya kiti chote. "" - Lord Stanhope, Mtawala wa Windsor" Mengi ya hizi, zilizoitwa kwa ajili ya mapambo yao yaliyochorwa na matumizi ya nje, zilikuwa zimeorodheshwa miongoni mwa zana zake za bustani na magurudumu, na kwa sababu nzuri. Mifano ya mapema kama hii ingekuwa imetengenezwa na mafundi ambao biashara yao ilitawaliwa na ujenzi wa magurudumu ya magari, mikokoteni, na vitu vingine vya matumizi. Walikuwa, na kubaki, sawa utilitarian; mwanga na portable kwa sababu ya mifupa yao nyuma inasimama, na mara nyingi rangi na sugu, risasi-msingi rangi ya kijani au kijivu kwa weatherproof mbao, ingawa watengenezaji mapema pia kutangazwa yao unpainted; <unk> katika mbao<unk>.