The doll has a painted china head, china hands and china feet with painted shoes. I suspect she was planning to make it for me. 2, Thiensville, Wis." My grandmother ordered it, probably in the 1940s or '50s. Q: I have a doll kit for a "Carolyn Doll" and the original box labeled "Your Carolyn Doll from Alice Dohmeyer, R.R. Windsor chairs and similar styles are also called "stick furniture." They are made with stick-and-socket construction, meaning the chairs are built by inserting the legs and the back spindles into holes in the seat. No matter the style, a Windsor chair can be recognized by its spindle back, turned legs and stretcher base. They can be easily distinguished by the shape of the chair's back, like "low-back," "fan back," "sack back," "comb back," and "bow back." The chair can be made in many shapes, which often have descriptive names. American designers were the first to add rockers and writing arms to Windsor chairs. Like most early American furniture, different regions developed their own styles. There were many variations on the Windsor chair, especially in America. The first Windsor chairs were made in England in the 17th century, and were being made in Philadelphia by the 1730s. This means that Harvard predates the Windsor chair in America. Harvard University, originally called the New College, was founded in Cambridge, Mass., in 1636, making it the oldest college in the United States. The Bonhams Skinner auction at which this chair sold listed it as a Harvard University Windsor chair, bringing together two icons of colonial America.
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