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House & Garden 
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OCCASI ONAL 
CHAIRS 
A. T. WOLFE 
A N occasional chair is the rather 
clumsy designation commonly ap¬ 
plied to those chairs which are not part 
of a set. The little pull-about living 
room chairs, in odd shapes and sizes, are 
“occasional,” and the phrase also includes 
detached easy chairs and may be even 
extended to a small settee or love seat. 
These chairs steadily increase in num¬ 
ber and variety with the increase of 
domestic comfort and luxury. Except 
T o right oj 
table, a James 
I oak chair, to 
left a Charles 
II. From P. 
Jackson Higgs 
(Right) An 
English fire¬ 
side chair of 
the Georgian 
period. Mon- 
tague Flagg 
(Left) An Italian 
16th Cent ury chair 
with tooled leather 
back. Courtesy of 
W. dr J. Sloane 
A Queen Anne walnut occasional 
chair with a back panel of gilt gesso 
on glass. From II'. J. Sloane 
■ J 
Charles II walnut chair, 
richly carved and gilded. 
Hampton Shops 
Even the rocker can be an occasional chair. This 
reproduction of a Revolutionary piece is covered with a 
water lily pattern of glazed chintz. Erskinc-Danforlh 
This mahogany Chinese Chippendale settee, which 
could be classed with occasional chairs, has a covering 
<f black but gay wool tapestry. Barton, Price Wilson 
For occasional purposes one might 
use this upholstered chair of 
Chippendale lines. Erskine-Danforth 
