two-nineteen-six

Updated: July 4, 2026

There were eight other Windsor chairs in the room Helen was sitting on one that had not been sat upon for years and years a teeming but idle population of chairs. A horsehair arm-chair seemed to be the sultan of the seraglio of chairs. Opposite the window a modern sideboard, which might have cost two-nineteen-six when new, completed the tale of furniture.

Arnold Bennett - Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.)