And a wing chair was a wing chair. An Oval Office wing chair had gone missing a few months before the credenza disappeared. If he thought about it at all, he probably decided that the missing chair had been sent out for cleaning. But he might not have thought about it at all. He was busy with other things, important things.
Somebody has to tell the boss.
Down the hall, the president's National Furniture Adviser sat grim-faced. A wing chair. The president had to be informed. Well, there's an ottoman exactly like it over at the Chinese Embassy. They've also got a credenza that would fit perfectly against that wall, and a wing chair that's a dead ringer for this one.