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State Stacking Chair

November 8, 2011

Moraga Country Club Chooses Eustis for New Clubhouse

As the monumental task of building a new clubhouse nears completion, members selected the State stacking chair, a perfect match for the Arts & Crafts styling of the new clubhouse, designed by Dahlin Group of Pleasanton, CA. The State chair stacks 6-8 high, and yet offers the elegance and comfort demanded by the Moraga membership for their brand new clubhouse. And, like all Eustis Joint® chairs, it comes with a 20 year warranty!


Stacking Chair

October 17, 2011

Café Boulud Reorders Stacking Chair

The owners of Café Boulud, in West Palm Beach and New York, take a long-term view of their restaurants, and look for chairs that offer elegance and comfort, and will not wear out in 4 years. 2011 marks the second year in a 3-year program to bring elegant stacking chairs to their Café in West Palm Beach.


Bohemian Chair

September 14, 2011

Bohemian Club Reorders Stacking Chair

The Bohemian Club of San Francisco has a rich history and a truly elegant 1930's clubhouse. This year's order for 60 chairs is the second of a multi-year program to replace all of their banquet chairs. The Bohemian Stack is elegant and comfortable, and comes with a 20 year warranty.


Oberlin Chair

August 15, 2011

Cornell University
Makes 5th Order for Oberlin Chairs

Cornell University placed their first order for Oberlin chairs in 2004, and have followed with orders in 2005, 2006, 2007, and now 2011. With 300 chairs now in service, they still tell us, "nobody builds them like Eustis Chair."


Chippendale chair

July 28, 2011

Chevy Chase Club Orders Eustis Banquet Chairs

The members at Chevy Chase wanted an elegant Chippendale chair for their banquet facility, and management wanted the convenience of a stacking chair. Designer Augusta Moravec was delighted to find our University Club stacking chair: elegance and comfort befitting a 110 year-old club in our nation's capital; a solid Cherry chair that stacks 6-8 high and comes with a 20 year warranty.


St. Marks chair

July 5, 2011

Eastern Yacht Club Orders St. Marks Chairs

Eastern Yacht Club of Marblehead, MA, has been working on a renovation to make their main dining room more inviting to its members. And what could be more inviting than sitting for a couple of hours in the luxury of our St. Marks chair, in an elegant room overlooking Marblehead Harbor! And with our 20 year warranty, EYC members can be confidant their new chairs will be enjoyed for decades.


Edison chair

June 29, 2011

Harvard Orders Replacements
of 16 year-old Edison Chairs

After 16 years of continuous use in the Freshman dining hall, Harvard has just started the process of replacing 650 Edison chairs, installed in 1995. While we can't take credit for the excellent design of this 1870's era chair, we built them the way we build all of our chairs: to meet the test of time.


Louis stacking chair

June 13, 2011

New Stacking Chair Introduced for Clubs and Fine-Dining

Our new Louis chair gets its styling from 18th century France, but the engineering is totally modern. Thanks to our patented Eustis Joint®, the Louis stacks 6-8 high, is elegant and comfortable, and comes with a 20 year warranty.


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April 28, 2011

Eustis Chair Announces 10% Price Reduction

For the first time ever, Eustis Chair is having a Sale. From now until July 31, 2011, all chair prices will be reduced by 10%. Call or email us for a quote.


Jenkins Chair

March 4, 2011

Cal State Fresno Re-Orders from Eustis Chair

Two years after moving into the new Henry Madden Library, planners at Cal State Fresno reconfigured some space and needed 62 more reader chairs. There was no question where to go for the chairs; the only question was Westlake or Jenkins, both of which were ordered 2 years ago, and are performing just as advertised!


State Chair

February 28, 2011

University Club at Michigan State
Chooses Eustis Chair

Working with their designers, Baker Group, of Grand Rapids, The University Club at MSU today chose a stacking hardwood chair for the renovation of their dining room. Club Manager Richard Bruner was impressed with the elegance and comfort of our chair, and was sold by the 20 year warranty. He was also delighted to learn that both the side and arm chairs stack up to 6 high.


Bohemian Chair

January 5, 2011

Bohemian Club Places Order for Stacking Chairs

Founded in 1872, San Francisco's Bohemian Club has a rich history of bringing together artists, musicians, and global leaders. Their clubhouse, built in the 1930's, offers an elegant and traditional setting for their many gatherings. The club came to Eustis Chair for a stacking hardwood chair, and we created the Bohemian. This new design is engineered with our patented Eustis Joint®, and stacks 6 chairs high.


Somerset Chair

December 1, 2010

Canadian Funeral Home Chooses Somerset Chair

Steve Harris, second generation owner of James A. Harris Funeral Home in London, Ontario, was looking to upgrade the elegance and comfort of his chapel chairs, and found us on the web. Steve was very impressed with the variety of stacking hardwood chairs in our line, and chose the Somerset for its simple elegance, its great comfort, and the fact that it stacks 8 high.


Cataumet Chair

October 14, 2010

New Windsor Chair with a 10 Year Warranty

For years we have been thinking about how we might apply our patented Eustis Joint® to the classic Windsor chair; we have finally done it! The elegant and comfortable Cataumet chair is engineered with 16 concealed steel rods imbedded in epoxy, and comes with a 10 year warranty against joint failure, even when used in a busy public library or school cafeteria.


Bohemian and State Stacking Chairs

October 7, 2010

New Stacking Chairs for
Club and Fine Dining Market

More and more clubs are learning about the advantages that a stacking hardwood chair can bring to their fine dining spaces. And since many clubs prefer an upholstered back on their dining chairs, we are creating new designs to meet that need. These new chairs are the Bohemian and the State; like all of our Eustis Joint® chairs, they come with a 20 year warranty.


Novato Chair

August 31, 2010

University Liggett School
Chooses Eustis Chair

Working with Centerbrook Architects of CT, University Liggett School in Michigan looked at all the major library resources in choosing new chairs and tables for a 2-year renovation program of their libraries and classrooms. Our Novato chair won out based on the durability of our unique mortise & tenon construction, combined with its traditional good looks.


Charleston Chair

July 19, 2010

Marymount HS
Chooses Eustis Chair for School Library

Los Angeles architects Jeffrey M. Kalban have experience with Eustis Chair, and recommend our Charleston chair for the Marymount High School library in spite of a budget issue. The school chose to buy our Eustis Joint® chairs over 2 fiscal years, rather than settle for a less elegant chair that would have to be replaced in 10 years.


Taft Chair

June 11, 2010

Northwestern University
Chooses Eustis Stacking Chairs

Like many universities today, Northwestern is upgrading the foodservice choices for its students. As part of this effort, FGM Architects, of Oak Brook, IL, recommended our Taft stacking chair for the renovation of Willard Hall. As usual, the 20 year warranty on our patented Eustis Joints® made the final decision a lot easier!


Eustis Chair

May 7, 2010

Temple University
Chooses Eustis for Special Collections Library

When Omar Mitchell, Director of Finance for Libraries, learned that one of his employees had sat comfortably in a Westlake Chair for 3 days at a recent conference, he called us immediately about their Special Collections area. As Finance Director, he was also pleased to learn about the 20 year warranty on our Eustis Joints®!


Magazine cover

April 12, 2010

Clarkson University
Chooses Eustis for Dining Hall

Clarkson University's facilities planners sent the cover of College Planning & Management magazine to their designer, Kevan Moss Design, and asked for a chair like the one in the photo. Ms. Moss found us at Eustis Chair, and discovered that the chair in the photo was our Willard stacking chair, complete with its 20 year warranty! The university ordered the chairs today in solid Cherry, 124 with wood seats and 48 with upholstered seats.


Universtiy Club Arm Chair

March 24, 2010

Del Paso Country Club
Chooses University Club Arm Chair

After a year-long search, Sacramento based Del Paso Country Club today ordered 200 University Club Arm Chairs. Club Manager Bob Kunz wanted a stacking chair for the dining room, but the members insisted on the same level of elegance and comfort as their old Chippendale chairs--and they wanted arms! The House Committee was sold when they sat in the final prototype, and realized they stack 6 chairs high and come with a 20 year warranty.


Suffolk Chair

March 26, 2010

Harvard Business School
Chooses Eustis for Fifth Project

After 4 successful chair projects with Eustis Chair since 2001, Harvard Business School knew who to call to replace 28 failing chairs that were only 5 years old. They chose our Suffolk chair, an antique reproduction of a 100 year old chair, but engineered with our patented Eustis Joint®. The new chair should last another 100 years, or so.


Bartlett Hall Chair

February 4, 2010

Western Kentucky University
Chooses Eustis for Interfaith Chapel

Nashville designers I D & A were well into the interior design of the new interfaith chapel for WKU when they learned about our versatile and durable hardwood stacking chairs. The client and their designers settled on the Bartlett Hall, our first and most popular stacking chair design.


Eustis Chair

January 4, 2010

Spring Brook Country Club
Orders Eustis Stacking Chair

Spring Brook General Manager faced a dilemma when he learned the cost of our elegant new University Club stacking chair. He needed 200 chairs, but his budget would only cover 150. When the House Committee saw the sample chair and the photo from Essex County Club, they chose to get the 150 chairs now, and complete the job in the following fiscal year.


Greer Chair

December 28, 2009

Deerfield Academy
Comes Back to Eustis for Stacking Chairs

For the second time in three years, Deerfield Academy chose a stacking hardwood chair from Eustis Chair for the Greer, the school's student center. School officials cited the quality, comfort, and durability of their current chairs in their decision to stick with Eustis Chair for the new Greer, designed by Kuhn Riddle Architects of Amherst, MA.


Eustis Chair

November 30, 2009

Essex County Club
Reorders from Eustis Chair

Essex County Club Manager Brian Lemire ordered 40 more University Club chairs for 2010 delivery. These chairs represent the second installment in their multi-year program to replace all their non-stacking chairs with this elegant and functional stacking chair.


Eustis Chair

October 22, 2009

Historic Cooperstown Hotel Chooses Eustis Chair

Working with NYC based Jeff Lincoln Interiors, the Otesaga Hotel chose a new Eustis stacking chair for their function space. Hotel Manager John Irving liked the new design of the Otesaga Chair, and was sold when he learned they stack 6-8 chairs high and come with a 20 year warranty.


Eustis Chair

September 9, 2009

University of Wyoming Chooses Eustis Chair

For the third time in two years, a state university has chosen Eustis Chair for their major library project. For the University of Wyoming, like Nevada-Reno and Cal State-Fresno, comfort and elegance were important, but the durability of our patented Eustis Joints® was the deciding factor.


Charleston Chair

August 7, 2009

Eustis Chair Goes to Spain

For the first time ever, Eustis Chair has taken an order for 50 Charleston Chairs going to Spain. While Eustis Chair has no marketing arm in Europe, American employees of the International Institute in Spain knew of our great chairs, and recommended them to the Board. The shipping logistics are not easy, but there is no better chair made anywhere in the US or in Europe!


Boise Chair

August 4, 2009

New Eustis Chair Design
for Mashpee Public Library

Working with Boston based architects Johnson Roberts, the Mashpee Public Library has recently chosen the Boise Chair for its new library. This new chair brings a more contemporary design to the Eustis line, and is as comfortable as it is attractive. Even more important, the Boise is made with the patented Eustis Joint®, and comes with a 20-year warranty.


stack of Bartlell Hall Chairs

June 10, 2009

Bridgewater State College:
Another Repeat Customer

Bridgewater State College chose the Bartlett Hall chair for their renovation of the 350-seat Flynn Dining Hall. The Facilities staff strongly recommended Eustis Chair to their architects, Connor Architecture, because of their very good experience with our library chairs installed 4years ago.


Taft Chair

May 12, 2009

Taft School Chooses Eustis
for Major New Dining Hall

Working with Boston Architects Gund Partnership, we modified one of our stacking chair designs to create the Taft chair for the new 600 seat dining hall currently under construction. Once again, our patented Eustis Joint® allowed us to engineer a chair that has it all: elegance, comfort, and a 20-year warranty!


stack of Bartlett Hall Chairs

April 9, 2009

Saint Mary's College of California
Re-orders Bartlett Hall Chair

Three years ago, this school chose the Bartlett Hall stacking chair for their 270-chair dining hall renovation. They have been very pleased with their first Eustis purchase, so it was easy for them to select 60 new Bartlett Hall chairs for their most recent renovation.


Plan drawing of chair for College of William and Mary

March 30, 2009

College of William and Mary
Chooses Custom Chair by Eustis

The second oldest university in the US hired Robert A M Stern architects to create a traditional Georgian building as the centerpiece of the new Mason School of Business. The NYC architect turned to Eustis Chair to engineer a stacking-ganging chair that would preserve the traditional elegance of the multi-function space.


stacking chair for Essex County club

February 4, 2009

Essex County Club Chooses University Club Chair

The 116 year-old Essex County Club, north of Boston, chose this elegant new stacking chair for a phased replacement of all of their banquet seating. Who would guess from the photo that this chair stacks 6-8 chairs high, and comes with a 20-year warranty?


Eustis chair for U Chicago dining hall

January 28, 2009

U of Chicago Confirms Order for New Dining Hall

Eight years after choosing our first stacking hardwood chair for Bartlett Dining Commons, the University of Chicago has come back to Eustis Chair for a new stacking chair for its expanded and renovated Burton-Judson Hall. This Gothic chair was specified by Boston architects Goody Clancy, and will enhance the elegance and functionality of the new dining hall for decades.


Westlake chair choosen for Cal State University

November 30, 2008

Cal State University – Fresno Chooses Eustis Chair

CSU – Fresno has been working for a decade to complete the 250,000sf Henry Madden Library, and released the order today for 473 Eustis Chairs. Working with Los Angeles architects AC Martin Partners, they chose our Jenkins and Westlake chairs for their simple lines, great comfort, and Eustis Joint® durability.


Merrimac stacking chairs at ACE Conference Center

October 7, 2008

ACE Center Re-orders Stacking Chairs

Two years ago the ACE Conference Center ordered 275 stacking Merrimac chairs for their function space. Their patrons appreciated the elegance and comfort of the chairs, and the dining staff loved the light weight and ease of stacking. The ACE Center ordered another 100 chairs today, for delivery early next year.


Chair choosen for Milton Public Library

September 2, 2008

Milton Public Chooses Chairs
Made by Ancestor of First Library Patron

Interior Designers OSO Interiors made their final selections today of three different Eustis Chairs to complete the renovation/expansion of the 106 year-old Milton Public Library. Library Director Phil McNulty was pleased to learn that these elegant and durable chairs are being furnished by the granddaughter of Lincoln Pierce, who checked out the very first book from Milton Public Library in 1902.


Medford Chair

August 1, 2008

Las Vegas Clark County Specifies Eustis Chair

Final bids were accepted today by Las Vegas Clark County for 96 Medford chairs for the new Centennial Hills branch. County Librarian Daniel Walters was sold on the durability of the patented Eustis Joints®. Designer Susan Schoeman of JMA Architects liked the clean lines and great comfort of the Medford chair.


Nevada Chair

July 29-30, 2008

Eustis Chair Completes Largest Installation at UNR

Eustis Chair delivered 922 Nevada chairs to the University of Nevada Reno, and installed them in their new 300,000 square foot library. Fred Eustis personally supervised the two-day installation to be sure that every chair met his strict quality standards.


Stack of Bartlett Hall Arm Chairs

July 28, 2008

Eustis Chair takes First International Order

Appleby College is a private secondary school in the Toronto area, and they saw our unique hardwood stacking chairs on the internet. While Toronto is hardly a "foreign" country, this order for 36 Bartlett Hall arm chairs marks our first shipment outside of the US.


non-stacking Monterey Chair

June 4, 2008

Smith College Chooses Eustis Chair for Renovation

Smith College needed a comfortable and durable chair that would match their 100 year-old tables in the Collacott reading room. We made them a non-stacking version of our Monterey chair. Made with our patented Eustis Joint®, the Smith chairs may even outlast those glorious tables!


Abbey Room, Boston Public Library

May 2, 2008

Eustis Delivers
King & Prince
Stacking Chairs
to Boston Public Library

The photo says it all!


Richmond Chair

April 3, 2008

University of Richmond's Law Library orders Eustis

Four years after seeing our chairs at the Law Library show, the University of Richmond ordered 48 of our Widener chairs with an upholstered back, now called the Richmond. The upholstered back is ideal for law students spending a long afternoon at the library. And because the chair in engineered with our patented Eustis Joint®, it is warranted for a full 20 years!


Custom Chair for Harvard

March 19, 2008

Kennedy School of Government
Orders Eustis Chairs

Harvard's Kennedy School of Government issued its order today for 75 chairs for its Allison Dining Room, where government ministers and educators gather from around the world. Working with Boston-based Baker Design Group, Eustis modified their very comfortable Federal Reserve chair to create this beauty.


King and Prince Chair

February 7, 2008

Boston Public Library Chooses
Stacking Chair for Abbey Room Renovation

Boston Public Library Abbey Room The Boston Public Library has ordered 200 King & Prince chairs for their renovation of the Abbey Room. These elegant and durable stacking chairs will be going into what is clearly the most elegant public function space in Boston, and possibly in the entire US.


Jenkins Chair

January 23, 2008

Harvard University Chooses
Jenkins Chair for Quincy House Dining Hall

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University has a regular program of renovating their elegant campus dining halls. For 2008, they are renovating Quincy House, and they have chosen our Jenkins chair for its clean, simple lines, and rock-solid durability. Quincy House will be the 8th major project that Eustis Chair has completed for Harvard since 1995.


University of Reno library chair

December 11, 2007

Eustis Chair Gets University of Reno Project

Every major US manufacturer of library furniture competed for the contract for the 300,000 sq. ft. Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center at the University of Nevada Reno. The contract for 922 chairs was awarded today to Eustis Chair. The RFP called for furniture that is "traditional and formal, comfortable, and exceptionally durable". Our patented Eustis Joint® allowed us to design a chair that met all of these requirements.


Willard chair

November 27, 2007

Santa Clara University
Chooses Eustis Stacking Chair

Santa Clara University had an interesting challenge for their furniture dealer: find us an elegant hardwood chair for our library reading room that is stackable, so we can bring in more students for special functions. One Workplace, of Milpitas, CA, had worked with Eustis Chair, and knew about our remarkable stacking chairs made with the patented Eustis Joint®; the rest was easy! Santa Clara chose the Willard, our latest design, in solid cherry with a saddled wood seat.


Fairfield chair

September 21, 2007

Two Connecticut Libraries Choose Fairfield Chair

The Fairfield Chair, designed in 2001 for Fairfield University, has been chosen for renovations of two more Connecticut Libraries, Wallingford and Simsbury. This classic library design was specified for Wallingford by Janice Newell of JNI Design, and for Simsbury by Barbara Joslin of JCJ Architecture. Barbara and Janice have both specified Eustis before, and know that their clients will be thrilled with the elegance, comfort, and durability of these chairs.


Jenkins Chair

August 3, 2007

Two More Libraries Get Jenkins Chair

Boston's New England School of Law took delivery today of 100 Jenkins chairs, to be followed in two months by a shipment to Boone County Library in Kentucky. The narrow rails and gentle curves of this chair give it an elegant and almost delicate look; the steel-and-epoxy Eustis Joints® give it the strength to withstand decades of daily library use. And the comfort is second to none!


Ashburnham chair

June 15, 2007

Ephraim Library in Utah chooses Ashburnham

Working with Salt Lake based MJSA Architects, the Ephraim Library today chose our Ashburnham chair, in both the adult and child size. This chair is manufactured with our patented Eustis Joint®, so it comes with a 20-year warranty against joint failure. Simple elegance was the goal for this library, which will feature custom tables manufactured by Salt Lake's premier millwork manufacturer, Fetzer's.


May 1, 2007

Willard chairKing and Prince chair Westminster College
Chooses Two Eustis Stacking Chairs

St. Louis architects Mackey Mitchell learned of the patented Eustis Joint® while exhibiting next to us at several university trade shows. They recommended our stacking chairs to their client, Westminster College, for their major new dining hall project. Westminster College chose the new Willard chair for their main dining hall, and they chose the very elegant King & Prince Chair for the small dining rooms. Mueller Leadership Hall, an important new campus focal point, will open for the fall of 2007.


Yale University custom chair

March 14, 2007

Yale University Chooses
Eustis Chair for New Custom Chair

Working with Chicago-based architect HBRA, Yale University today chose Eustis Chair to build a custom chair for their major renovation of the Cross Campus Library. Aric Lasher of HBRA approved the first prototype created by Eustis, shown at right, and both Architect and client are thrilled with this new chair. 190 side chairs and 90 arm chairs are to be delivered to New Haven in September.


Westlake chair

March 13, 2007

First Delivery of new Westlake Chair

Central Rappahannock Regional Library took delivery today of 50 new Westlake Chairs. This elegant contemporary design was based on our popular Jenkins chair, and was created for the Harvard Westlake School in Los Angeles. Library Director Donna Cote is thrilled with the elegance and comfort of her new chairs. She is also glad to know they are made with our patented Eustis Joint®, and warranted for 20 years!


Stacked Willard chairs

February 21, 2007

Emma Willard School
Chooses Custom Stacking Chair

The Emma Willard School today chose 425 stacking Willard chairs for their renovated Gothic style dining hall. Original plans called for just 160 stacking chairs for use during special school functions. When the Trustees saw the elegance of the stacking chair designed for their facility, they chose to do the entire facility with the stacking Willard Chair.


Stacked Merrimac chairs

January 5, 2007

ACE Conference Center
Chooses Eustis Stacking Chair

Food & Beverage Manager Kevin McFadden spent three months last year evaluating hardwood stacking chairs for their planned banquet hall renovation. He chose Eustis Chair for our patented Eustis Joint®, and for the ease-of-use of our stacking chairs. He chose the Merrimac chair for its comfort and good looks.


HBS Faculty Club

January 4, 2007

Stacking Chair
Goes to HBS Faculty Club

203 Merrimac stacking chairs were delivered today to the Faculty Club at Harvard Business School. School officials were thrilled with the visual impact of the new chairs, and are planning to replace the rest of their outdated chairs in the next budget cycle.


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