[lsee]

I don't know a lot about furniture, but I'll bet there are good reproductions out there. Not sure if the beautiful chairs Bush and Cheney are using are James Monroe-era or what they're called, but this photo is captioned with "Chippendale style Gainsborough Armchair

The webpage calls these Hepplewhite style

I am attracted to this style, too, but have no idea if it is French or English in origin or what to call it or anything. I just know I like it!

[Wphile]

Thanks for the info. A friend of mine looked it up in her book on chairs, or some such thing, and we determined that they are Chippendale chairs of some sort. I have found some that are close to it but not quite. I just love those in the W's office.