Thomas Cotton Hayward

A sack-back Windsor armchair by Thomas Cotton Hayward, marked T.C. Hayward p4A ItemID C223176

Made by Thomas Cotton Hayward of Charlestown, Massachusetts, a marked Windsor fan-back side chair in salmon paint over an earlier green paint, eight-spindle back, saddle seat, splayed legs with vase and ring turnings, circa 1770 to 1800 p4A ItemID D9857537

Two bow-back Windsor side chairs, possibly made by Thomas Cotton Hayward of Charlestown, Massachusetts, circa 1800 p4A ItemID E8982108

A continuous-arm Windsor by Thomas Cotton Hayward, Charlestown, Massachusetts, circa 1800 p4A ItemID E8976282

Thomas Cotton Hayward

A brief biography of Thomas Cotton Hayward is offered by William C. Ketchum, Jr., in American Cabinetmakers: Marked American Furniture, 1640-1940. Ketchum wrote: “The Charlestown, Massachusetts, turner Thomas Cotton Hayward (working c. 1790-1820) placed his brand T.C. HAYWARD beneath the seat of a wide variety of Windsor chairs, including continuous-arm chairs, bow-back side chairs, and a low-back, writing-arm chair. He may also have produced fancy chairs, as his advertisement in the New England Palladium for July 11, 1817, illustrates one of those. No marked examples [of fancy chairs] are known.”