Carved walnut chairs upholstered in red damask stand along the walls.

It includes a 19th-century French walnut secretary, $8,500; four French neoclassical walnut chairs, circa 1820, $12,000 for the set; and two 1960's club chairs (foreground), $4,800.

Drollen is tied into a large walnut chair, that is attached to a cabinet, in front of a circle of 4 chairs.

It was furnished in the style of Biedermeyer--the walnut chairs glowed with polish, as did the heavy side table.

An example he mentioned was a George II pair of walnut chairs that sold for $220,000 in 1988.

She sat immobile in the carved black walnut chair at the head of the long table, but her hands clutched the chair's arms until her knuckles were white.

Unfortunately, it was also too cold for Gregorian chants, which the monks sing inside the cloistered part of the abbey during winter instead of in the church's choir of carved walnut chairs.

Sturdy straight-backed walnut chairs could easily last another hundred years.

Several walnut chairs with caned seats and backs, and a long day-bed.

A set of eight early eighteenth-century walnut chairs in the manner of Daniel Marot, attributable to Thomas and Richard Roberts, are estimated at £30-40,000 ($55-70,000).