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Supercool Early American Sackback/Combback combo Rocker

12/21/2018

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Windsor Chair
Happy Holidays from your favorite rocking chair lover!   Here is a warm and cozy holiday photo of a REALLY interesting chair that combines two styles of Windsor chair that were popular in America's colonial days.    A "sackback" (occasionally called a "hoopback") chair has a single piece of birch (or whatever wood the chair is made of) that has been steam-bent to connect one arm to the other and to support the upper end of the back spines of the chair.   A "comb-back" chair features a styled headrest at the top of the back spines instead.  This particular chair has combined the elements of both.   The back spines extend from the sold seat, through the armrest support, then up through the hoop, and then they keep going up until finally being anchored in the comb.   What a chair!   A bit too much style for some i'm sure, but anyway you have to admire all the engineering and work involved to put that all together.

Some day I'll post about how the history of rocking chairs is intertwined with the history of Windsor chairs - but in the meantime, here is some evidence of that!

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