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A stick-back chair is a type of chair characterized by spindles driven into the seat and the top rail or bow. A well-known example of a stick-back chair is the Windsor chair.1

The chair, as a piece of furniture, is designed to support the human form and has a rich social history, often indicating social rank. While many chair forms exist, the stick-back chair, with its basic construction of a solid seat into which legs and back staves are mortised, represents a more traditional, often peasant, form that saw refinement in England and America during the 18th century.2

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  2. furniture - France and England : 17th and 18th centuries

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