George III style armchair
A granddaddy: this armchair is
large, venerable and securely
diamond-tufted at every turn.
The legs are turned with noble
brass casters; the back is a tight,
tufted scroll; and the set back
open arms, upholstered, rest
upon turned arm stumps. Never
a bully, this chair has sound
purpose, driving a hard bargain.
An Orson Welles among chairs.
Leather wing chair
It is yet another assertively
masculine number, with
a tight, closely diamondtufted back and nail-head
trim. The overall form is boxy
and corporate, appropriate
to an old mahogany paneled
bank, when you could still
bank on them. This chair is for
hard drinking under genteel
cover; Edgar G. Robinson
in Double Indemnity.
HYLAND
