Windsor Chair Value & Appraisal

Re: Windsor Chair

I would really appreciate any information you could give on this piece, specially what could it worth.

The elm seat does indicates this one is most likely English, seats on North American examples would be pine or basswood. Chairs of this type have never really been out of production, we retail comparable English Windsors for about $150.00.

Re: Windsor Chair

And how about those marks on the underside of the seat? What could the " 13 / 18 H" and the "RJ" signs mean?
I just "googled" and it dropped out the 13 / 18 Hussars from the english army.

Is it possible, that theres some connection between the chair and the army ( marked for respect, marked by a soldier etc...). The "RJ" has to be the makers monograms, I guess.

Cant these things raises the price of the chair or it just doesn"t mean anything?

Re: Windsor Chair

English sets of chairs were often marked to indicate the number in the set, eg 13/18 could indicate this one is 13th out of a set of 18. Without a provenance it's pretty difficult to determine much else.

Re: Windsor Chair

18 piece in one set sounds too much for me.

Unfortunatley I don"t know much about it's history.

All I know is that an old lady gave it to my father a couple years ago in Paris. She told him that she inherited it by her aunt, who lived in the UK.

This lady also died, so theres no chance to get now anything el about it.

I was searching for windsor chairs in the last couple of days and which appeared for me is that usally tah back of the most windsors contains 7 full rods and one or two half on the sides. Contrasts mine has nine and five on the sides.

Otherwise, the worth of these types of chairs depends on what? I mean, how come that if I want a brand new chair wich is exactly the same as this, it could cost much than the value of this 100-150 years old. I wish i could be an expert of antique things. :) :) :)

Re: Windsor Chair

It's not uncommon finding large sets of chairs in Britain made for schools, libraries, government offices and even large country houses. I've seen sets with markings as high as 24 at auction. Values depend on availability and Windsors of all types survive in very large numbers. Value is also dependent on location, for example, English Windsors tend to go for less in North America than the home grown versions of the same period.

Re: Windsor Chair

Aham, I see. So theres no fixed value of a windsor chair? It can be variable at different auctions or collectors.

Re: Windsor Chair

Correct, there are no fixed values for antiques and collectibles, just value ranges that flucuate all the time depending on current trends, supply & demand.