We make by hand, the old fashioned way, colonial Windsor chairs along with other 17Th and 18Th Century items. No nails or screws are used to create our Windsor chairs. Just mortised, pinned and wedged the same way the early crafters made them using only hand tools and without the use of modern power tools or machines. All our parts are made in-house and we steam bend all the chair parts that are used when bending them for certain shapes are required. We start right from a "green" log and rive all the parts needed for each chair. We then chop, spoke shave and shape all the chair parts which take approx. 7 to 10 days to complete. We dry all the parts made down to a 6 to 8 % moisture content to insure the parts will not shrink any further once you take your Windsor chair home. You can stop by our shop 7 days a week from the hours of 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and watch us split and rive red oak logs to turn into heirloom pieces that you will be proud of to hand down to your children. We also sign and date the bottoms of each chair seat using a woodburning tool that we can also include any personalization you would like to have done at no extra cost. We have a warranty on all of our chairs against any material defects or any parts shrinking that may cause parts to become loose. If it does, we will fix , replace or repair it at our discretion. Shipping and handling is not included in our warranty.
Clarksville is also known as the Eagle capitol of Missouri due to the vast amount of Bald Eagles that migrate here each year to roost and feed at the Lock & Dam # 24 located on the mighty Mississippi River. We are approx. 75 miles north of St.Louis, MO and 45 miles south of Hannibal, MO along the scenic river byway of Hwy.79. It is a quite little river town with several artisans and crafters where you can watch each artisan do their craft. So stop by, you'll be glad you did!
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