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Windsor chair is a
chair built with a solid wooden seat into which the chair-back and legs are round-
tenoned, or pushed into drilled holes, in contrast to standard chairs, where the back legs and the uprights of the back are continuous. The seats of Windsor chairs were often carved into a shallow dish or saddle shape for comfort. Traditionally, the legs and uprights were usually turned on a
pole lathe. The back and sometimes the arm pieces (if arms are present) are formed from
steam bent pieces of
wood.