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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 4379142, member: 5066&quot;]I would add that a competitor of theirs in a different style, John Henry Belter, it is said, would drop chairs from a fourth-floor window of his store to prove their quality &amp; strength.</p><p>Evidently, there was a lot of &quot;junk&quot; being produced at the dawn of the industrial age here and high-end cabinetmakers felt the need to stress the high quality of their machined furniture construction. In Belter&#039;s case, I&#039;d say he was trying to prove that his laminated (plywood) furniture was stronger than solid wood. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&quot; He became famous for his promise (carried out frequently) to drop one of his chairs out of the window of his workshop at Third Avenue and 76th Street to prove how strong it was.&quot;</p><p>Not positive this is true but, I love the story![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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