A SET OF FOUR DUTCH STAINED ELM SIDE CHAIRS

F.J. Schoemaker was the largest furniture manufactury in Zwolle when he opened a second warehouse in 1872. Since his two sons Lodevikus Maria Hermanus and Hermanus Johannes joined the bussiness, the firm's name changed into F.J. Schoemaker en Zonen.
(Op.Cit.: J.M.W. van Voorst tot Voorst, Tussen Biedermeier en Berlage. Meubel en Interieur in Nederland 1835-1895. Amsterdam 1992, p. 283)