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Queen's Windsor Chair at Jamestown
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At a ceremony in the brick church at Jamestown, built in 1907 near the original church frame dating to 1617, the queen presented a handmade, elaborately carved Windsor chair as a gift to the people of Virginia. ---- Of course, the Queen is from the house of Windsor (is that where the name cames from?). However, anyone know where 1) a picture of it is 2) who made it? A Norm special? MJ Wallace |
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Queen's Windsor Chair at Jamestown
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" writes: According to MSNBC: At a ceremony in the brick church at Jamestown, built in 1907 near the original church frame dating to 1617, the queen presented a handmade, elaborately carved Windsor chair as a gift to the people of Virginia. ---- Of course, the Queen is from the house of Windsor (is that where the name cames from?). However, anyone know where 1) a picture of it is 2) who made it? I can't help you with the picture, but according to http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/n...A42%3A33%3A900 (sorry about the linewrap) : During yesterday's visit, the monarch presented a high-back, : Mendlesham-style, Windsor chair, which had been hand-crafted by : Saxmundham-based company Finewood. -- Drew Lawson I had planned to be dead by now, but the schedule slipped, they do that. -- Casady |
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: During yesterday's visit, the monarch presented a high-back, : Mendlesham-style, Windsor chair, which had been hand-crafted by : Saxmundham-based company Finewood. -- Drew Lawson I had planned to be dead by now, but the schedule slipped, they do that. -- Casady This gets you to the company, probably something like this one custom carved. http://www.mendleshamchairs.co.uk/ra...php?rangeid=11 |
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Queen's Windsor Chair at Jamestown
On 7 May, 19:37, " wrote:
Of course, the Queen is from the house of Windsor (is that where the name cames from? Yes. Although this chair is from Suffolk (SE coast), the "typical" mass-market Windsors in the UK were made and sold around the Windsor area. The Queen's bizarre history of names are the result of a country that doesn't much like foreigners finding itself ruled by offshoots of European minor nobility. They deliberately renamed themselves from the German "Battenburg" to the more English-sounding "Mountbatten" to avoid being mistaken for a cheap pink cake. Swapping "Schleswig- Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg" with a side-order of "Saxe-Coburg Gotha" for "Windsor" makes it easier for our illiterate tabloids to spell. |
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Queen's Windsor Chair at Jamestown
: During yesterday's visit, the monarch presented a high-back,
: Mendlesham-style, Windsor chair, which had been hand-crafted by : Saxmundham-based company Finewood. This gets you to the company, probably something like this one custom carved. http://www.mendleshamchairs.co.uk/ra...php?rangeid=11 That's a pretty good example of why Mike Dunbar contends that Windsors should be painted not stained. Notice how the grain distracts the eye from the pure form and shape of the chair (which isn't especially lovely for a Windsor). For the same reason, girls shouldn't get tattoos. Another more practical reason is that Dunbar's chairs use at least three different types of wood: maple turnings, pine seat, red oak arm, bow and spindles, cherry hand rests (added to the oak arm). Each wood offers desirable properties for the components. YMMV, Dean |
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Queen's Windsor Chair at Jamestown
On May 7, 3:39 pm, (Drew Lawson) wrote:
In article .com " writes: According to MSNBC: At a ceremony in the brick church at Jamestown, built in 1907 near the original church frame dating to 1617, the queen presented a handmade, elaborately carved Windsor chair as a gift to the people of Virginia. ---- Of course, the Queen is from the house of Windsor (is that where the name cames from?). However, anyone know where 1) a picture of it is 2) who made it? I can't help you with the picture, but according to http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/n...d=EADOnline&ca... (sorry about the linewrap) : During yesterday's visit, the monarch presented a high-back, : Mendlesham-style, Windsor chair, which had been hand-crafted by : Saxmundham-based company Finewood. -- Drew Lawson I had planned to be dead by now, but the schedule slipped, they do that. -- Casady Drew, Thank you for posting this interesting sidebar to the Queen's activities in Virginia. I would not have known where to look. Joe G |
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Queen's Windsor Chair at Jamestown
"Andy Dingley" wrote in message ups.com... On 7 May, 19:37, " wrote: Of course, the Queen is from the house of Windsor (is that where the name cames from? Yes. Although this chair is from Suffolk (SE coast), the "typical" mass-market Windsors in the UK were made and sold around the Windsor area. The Queen's bizarre history of names are the result of a country that doesn't much like foreigners finding itself ruled by offshoots of European minor nobility. They deliberately renamed themselves from the German "Battenburg" to the more English-sounding "Mountbatten" to avoid being mistaken for a cheap pink cake. Swapping "Schleswig- Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg" with a side-order of "Saxe-Coburg Gotha" for "Windsor" makes it easier for our illiterate tabloids to spell. Hey who pulled your chain ? How about getting on to the likes of wilson and his cronies who let in half of asia and africa and then enacted laws to say you have to like them and support them . Anyway getting back to the Windsor chair not the most attractive design too much machining for me .Prefer the ones made by the bodgers wherever they could find a source of wood [many places including Windsor],the ones with the crelated stretchers the yew wood bentwood and the elm seats ...mjh |
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Queen's Windsor Chair at Jamestown
"mike hide" wrote in message . .. snip Anyway getting back to the Windsor chair not the most attractive design too much machining for me .Prefer the ones made by the bodgers wherever they could find a source of wood [many places including Windsor],the ones with the crelated stretchers the yew wood bentwood and the elm seats ...mjh Have any of you been to Bayou Bend (Houston) and seen the collection of Windsor Chairs they have? If you haven't and your close by, it's worth the trip. You'll see some Newport, Philadelphia, and Boston secretaries and cases also. |
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Queen's Windsor Chair at Jamestown
This is probably the best link for a picture of the Windsor chair in
question: http://www.mendleshamchairs.co.uk/ph...ropy/index.php On May 7, 1:37 pm, " wrote: According to MSNBC: At a ceremony in the brick church at Jamestown, built in 1907 near the original church frame dating to 1617, the queen presented a handmade, elaborately carved Windsor chair as a gift to the people of Virginia. ---- Of course, the Queen is from the house of Windsor (is that where the name cames from?). However, anyone know where 1) a picture of it is 2) who made it? A Norm special? MJ Wallace |
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