Eleven American Rococo Carved and Laminated Rosewood Dining Chairs , mid-19th c., attri. John Henry Belter, New York, incl. 2 arm and 9 side chairs, padded crest and arms, reticulated scroll backs, cabriole legs, casters, arm h. 35 1/2 in., w. 23 1/2 in., d. 23 in., side h. 34 1/2 in., w. 20 in., d . 21 in. Note: The dining chairs shown here are closely related to a rocking chair made in the Belter shop and descended in the Springmeier family. Ref. Dubrow, Eileen and Richard. American Furniture of the Nineteenth Century, 1840-1880. Pennsylvania, Schiffer Publishing, 1983, p. 106.