Garden Clubs.(furniture)(Brief Article) From: House Beautiful | Date: June 1, 2001| Author: Sollis, Carolyn | COPYRIGHT 2001 © Hearst Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

{First prize at our flower show, the George Smith Standard-Chair is the cream of the crop.}

IF WE WERE GIVING OUT BLUE RIBBONS, WE WOULD pin one on the George Smith Standard Chair. The quintessential club chair--its shape based on a classic mid-19th-century design found in English country houses--is made, like the originals, by hand. Stuffed with latex-covered boar bristles, the chair will last as long as the antiques, which means it will outlive all of us! "From the poi...