Windsor settee, c. 1800, 35 1/4 x 81 1/2 x 22in. (89.5 x 207 x 55.9cm), Painted wood, modern leather upholstery, United States, 18th-19th century, Windsor chairs trace their name back to Windsor Castle, where they were used in the early 1700s. During the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in England and America, they served as seating furniture in parlors, porches, and gardens, as well as in public buildings.