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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ghopper1924, post: 11189902, member: 5170&quot;]Once more the Ghopper household proves itself to be dreadfully out of fashion.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a Queen Anne Revival walnut dining room set with tapestry (not needlepoint) seats. It was purchased by the Ghopper parents in the 1960s, and has been sitting in their house for over 60 years. Yesterday I drove the requisite hours and moved it to Casa Ghopper. I don&#039;t know the manufacturer, but the quality is good and it doesn&#039;t really matter to me anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why out of fashion? We know that the age of dining rooms is over, or at least in hiatus. But here at Casa G. we do have a dining room, as longtime board members know, so we decided to replace our Rococo Revival mahogany table and Renaissance Revival chairs with family stuff. Our new table isn&#039;t as good as the old one, though the chairs are better. Though classically inspired, I think that the walnut pieces go pretty well with all the Victorian walnut pieces that you see in the background, albeit that they&#039;re a shade or two lighter. So: a table, 3 leaves, and 8 chairs, 4 of which you see.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dining rooms and dining room sets are over, at least for the time being, and probably for our lifetimes. Given over to the now-cliched open floor plan. We remain defiant of trends here at the Casa, cleaving to the out of fashion - as you see - and reveling in it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Love ya!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]538342[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]538343[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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