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                                                                EXHIBIT 31.1

                    Chief Executive Officer Certification

I, Franklin A. Jacobs certify that:

1.        I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Falcon
          Products, Inc. (the "Registrant").

2.        Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
          statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
          necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
          circumstances under which such statements were made, not
          misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.        Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
          financial information included in this report, fairly present in
          all material respects the financial condition, results of
          operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the
          periods presented in this report;

4.        The Registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible
          for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
          procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
          15d-15(e)) for the Registrant and have:

          a)      Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
                  caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be
                  designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
                  information relating to the Registrant, including its
                  consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others
                  within those entities, particularly during the period in
                  which this report is being prepared;

          b)      Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant's disclosure
                  controls and procedures and presented in this report our
                  conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
                  controls and procedures, as of the end of the period
                  covered by this report, based on such evaluation; and

          c)      Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant's
                  internal control over financial reporting that occurred
                  during the Registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the
                  Registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
                  annual report) that has materially affected the
                  Registrant's internal control over financial reporting;
                  and

5.        The Registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed,
          based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
          financial reporting, to the Registrant's auditors and the audit
          committee of Registrant's board of directors (or persons
          performing the equivalent functions):

          a)      All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in
                  the design or operation of internal control over financial
                  reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect
                  the Registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and
                  report financial information; and

          b)      Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
                  management or other employees who have a significant role
                  in the Registrant's internal control over financial
                  reporting.

Date: September 16, 2003

                                /s/ Franklin A. Jacobs
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                                Franklin A. Jacobs
                                Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
                                 Officer and Director