Sack-Back Windsor chair

Explanation and the Precedent, Our Windsor chairs

Generally the Dimensions are 24" x 29" x 38" tall
Seat Dimensions: 22" wide x 17.5" deep
Between Arm 24”
Standard Seat Height: 17.75"

Sack-Back can be made with paddle, or knuckle-arm.

The Sack Back Chair has seven / nine hand-made spindles; a bent bow and arm, and an oval shaped seat. Comes standard with the traditional paddle hands but carved knuckles can be added. This chair looks great on its own, at a desk, or in a dining set.

The name "sack-back" refers to a sack-like jacket that is said to have been pulled over the backs of these chairs with the purpose of warding off winter drafts. The style was developed in the 1760s. Considering the number of 18th century examples, the sack-back might have been the most popular style of Windsor chairs. There are also many paintings from the period of statesmen, merchants and wealthy dandies sitting in sack-backs.

Sack-backs just about at all times had an oval seat. Sometimes shield or "D" shaped seats were used, but these would be custom-made chairs. Basic production models would have seven long spindles and four short ones; fancier ones might have nine long and six short.

Sack-backs occasionally were given high backs, or a comb was added. Rarely, bracing spindles were used, but since the arm makes these totally unnecessary on a sack-back, they would only have served as a design flourish.

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