12 BEECHWOOD DINING ROOM CHAIRS FROM A SET OF 32. EXECUTED IN THE STYLE OF HENRI IV IN 17TH C WOOD
h: 41" w: 5' 2"
Parke-Bernet sale Mar. 19, 1948.
Mortimer Collection
The full set (32) of these chairs may be seen in Emily Post's Etiquette, the 1951 edition, page 338: "The perfectly appointed formal dinner table in a great house."
My parents purchased the chairs with 17th century Brussels tapestries on backs and seats. When the photograph above was taken, they still wore their original backs. These have since been replaced with a modern fabric, shown below.
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