to transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting.

Stockholders will be asked to vote for nominees for all director seats on the Board of Directors as of the Annual Meeting. The term of office for directors elected at the Annual Meeting will continue until the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified or until their earlier removal, resignation or death.

The Board of Directors' nominees for election are: M. Farooq Kathwari, James B. Carlson, John J. Dooner, Jr., Domenick J. Esposito, Mary Garrett, James W. Schmotter and Tara I. Stacom.

As of the date of this Proxy Statement, we have not received notice of any other businessbelieves that may be properly proposed at the Annual Meeting, but if any other businessgood corporate governance is properly proposed, the proxyholders named in the proxy or voting instruction card will have authority to vote as recommended by the Board of Directors.

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What is a proxy?

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A proxy is a document by which you authorize someone else to vote for you at a stockholders meeting in the way that you want to vote. That document is called a "proxy" or, if your shares are held in street name and you give instructions to the record holder of your shares, is called a "voting instruction card." You also may choose to abstain from voting.

This Proxy Statement and the accompanying proxy or voting instruction card is furnished in connection with the solicitation by the Board of Directors, of proxies for use at the Annual Meeting to be held on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at the Ethan Allen International Corporate Headquarters, 25 Lake Avenue Ext., Danbury, Connecticut 06811 at 10:00 A.M., Eastern Time, or any adjournment thereof. The Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials, this Proxy Statement and our 2017 annual report to Stockholders ("Annual Report") are first being made available to stockholders on or about October 2, 2017.

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Who is entitled to vote?

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Only record holders of shares of our Common Stock, par value $.01 per share ("Common Stock"), at the close of business on the record date for the Annual Meeting are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on September 18, 2017 as the record date (the "Record Date") for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting. As of the Record Date, the Company had 27,470,712 shares of Common Stock outstanding. The holders of Common Stock as of the Record Date are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting. Each share of Common Stock is entitled to one vote for each director nominee and one vote for each other matter to be voted on.

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How can I access the proxy materials on the Internet?

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In accordance with the rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), we are using the Internet as the primary means of furnishing proxy materials to stockholders. Accordingly, most stockholders will not receive paper copies of our proxy materials. We instead sent stockholders a Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials (the "Notice") with instructions for accessing the proxy materials via the Internet and voting via the Internet or by telephone. The Notice was mailed on or about October 2, 2017. The Notice also provides information on how stockholders may obtain paper copies of our proxy materials if they so choose.

The Notice provides you with instructions regarding how to:

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view the proxy materials for the Annual Meeting on the Internet and execute a proxy; and

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instruct us to send future proxy materials to you in printed form or electronically by e-mail.

Choosing to receive future proxy materials by e-mail will save us the cost of printing and mailing documents to you and will reduce the impact of our annual meetings on the environment. If you choose to receive future proxy materials by e-mail, you will receive an e-mail next year with instructions containing a link to those materials and a link to the proxy voting website. Your election to receive proxy materials by e-mail will remain in effect until you terminate it.

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How do I vote?

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You can vote either in person at the Annual Meeting or by proxy, whether or not you attend the Annual Meeting. You can vote by proxy in three ways:

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By mail—If you are a stockholder of record, you can submit a proxy by completing, dating, signing and returning your proxy in the postage-paid envelope provided. You should sign your name exactly as it appears on the proxy. If you are signing in a representative capacity (for example, as a guardian, executor, trustee, custodian, attorney or officer of a corporation), please indicate your name and title or capacity. If you are a beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your brokerage firm, bank or other similar organization on how to vote your shares, and the brokerage firm, bank or other similar organization is required to vote your shares in accordance with your instructions. To provide instructions to your brokerage firm, bank or other similar organization by mail, please complete, date, sign and return your voting instruction card in the postage-paid envelope provided by your brokerage firm, bank or other similar organization.

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By telephone—If you are a stockholder of record, you can submit a proxy by telephone by calling the toll-free number listed on the proxy, entering your control number located on the proxy or voting instruction card and following the prompts. If you are a beneficial owner and if the brokerage firm, bank or other similar organization that holds your shares offers telephone voting, you will receive instructions from the brokerage firm, bank or other similar organization that you must follow in order to submit a proxy by telephone.

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By Internet—If you are a stockholder of record, you can submit a proxy over the Internet by logging on to the website listed on the proxy, entering your control number located on the proxy or voting instruction card and submitting a proxy by following the on-screen prompts. If you are a beneficial owner, and if the brokerage firm, bank or other similar nominee that holds your shares offers Internet voting, you will receive instructions from the brokerage firm, bank or other similar organization that you must follow in order to submit your proxy over the Internet.

If you vote by proxy, your shares will be voted at the Annual Meeting in the manner you indicate. If your shares are held in your name (i.e., not in "street name" through a broker) and if you sign your proxy card, but do not specify how you want your shares to be voted, they will be voted as the Board of Directors recommends.

Your vote is important. The Board urges you to submit a proxy for your shares as soon as possible by following the instructions provided on the enclosed proxy or voting instruction card you receive from your brokerage firm, bank or other similar organization. Internet and telephone submission of proxies is available 24 hours a day, and, if you use one of those methods, you do not need to return a proxy or voting instruction card. Unless you are planning to vote at the Annual Meeting in person, your proxy must be received by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on Tuesday, November 14, 2017. Even if you submit your proxy or voting instructions by one of the methods listed above, you still may vote at the Annual Meeting in person if you are the record holder of your shares. If you are a beneficial owner, you must obtain a "legal proxy" from the record holder in order to vote your shares at the Annual Meeting. Your vote at the Annual Meeting will constitute a revocation of your earlier proxy or voting instructions.

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How can I vote my shares of Common Stock that I own through the Ethan Allen 401(k) plan for employees?

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If you own Common Stock through the Ethan Allen 401(k) plan for employees, you can direct the trustee to vote the shares held in your account in accordance with your instructions by returning the voting instruction card for your account or by registering your instructions over the Internet or by telephone as directed on the voting instruction card for your account. If you wish to instruct the trustee on the voting of shares held in your account, you should submit those instructions no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on Friday, November 10, 2017. The trustee will vote shares for which no voting instructions were received on or before that date as directed by the plan fiduciary.

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Can I change my vote after I have voted?

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Prior to the Annual Meeting, a later vote by any means will cancel any earlier vote. For example, if you vote by telephone and later vote differently on the Internet, the Internet vote will count, and the telephone vote will be canceled. If you wish to change your vote by mail, you should contact our Corporate Secretary or proxy solicitor at the addresses set forth below and request a new proxy or voting instruction card. The last vote received before the Annual Meeting will be the one counted. You also may change your vote by voting in person at the Annual Meeting.

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What does it mean if I get more than one proxy or voting instruction card?

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It means that your shares are registered in more than one way. Sign and returnall proxy or voting instruction cards or voteeach group of shares by mail, telephone or over the Internetimportant to ensure that all your shares are voted.

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Who are the proxyholders named by the BoardCompany is managed for the Annual Meeting?

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Eric D. Kosterlong-term benefit of its stockholders and Corey Whitely were selected byto enhance the creation of long-term stockholder value. The Board of Directors to serve as proxyholders for the Annual Meeting of stockholders voting on proxy or voting instruction cards. Each properly executedhas adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines that support and returned proxy or voting instruction card will be voted by the proxyholders in accordancereflect this belief, strengthen Board and management accountability, and comply with the directions indicated thereon or, if no directions are indicated, in accordance with the recommendations of the Board of Directors. In voting by proxy with regard to the election of directors, stockholders may vote in favor of all nominees, vote in favor of one or more specific nominee(s), withhold their vote as to all nominees or withhold their vote as to one or more specific nominee(s). Each stockholder giving a proxy has the power to revoke it at any time before the shares it represents are voted. Revocation of a proxy is effective upon receipt of a later vote by telephone, Internet, receipt by the Corporate Secretary or inspectors of election of either an instrument revoking the proxy or a duly executed proxy card bearing a later date. Additionally, a stockholder may change or revoke a previously executed proxy by voting in person at the Annual Meeting.

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Will my shares be voted if I do not provide my proxy?

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If you hold your shares directly in your own name, your shares will not be voted if you do not vote them or provide a proxy. If your shares are held in the name of a brokerage firm or other nominee, under rulesrequirements of the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"(the “NYSE”), your broker may vote your shares on "routine" matters even if you do not provide a proxy. The only routine matter to be voted on at the Annual Meeting is the ratification of the appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm for 2018. If a brokerage firm votes your shares on these matters in accordance with these rules, your shares will count as present at the Annual Meeting for purposes of establishing a quorum and will count as "FOR" votes or "AGAINST" votes, as the case may be, depending on how the broker votes. If a brokerage firm signs and returns a proxy on your behalf that does not contain voting instructions, your shares will count as present at the Annual Meeting for quorum purposes and will be voted in connection with the selection of KPMG LLP as our independent public accounting firm for the 2018 fiscal year, but will not count as a "FOR" vote for any other matter.

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What is a broker non-vote?

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A "broker non-vote" means that a broker cannot exercise discretion to vote shares held by it in "street name" for the beneficial owner and has not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner and the matter to be voted on is not "routine" under the NYSE rules.

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How many shares must be present to hold the Annual Meeting?

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In order for the Annual Meeting to be duly convened, one-third of the outstanding shares of Common Stock as of the Record Date must be present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting. This is referred to as a quorum. Abstentions, withheld votes and shares held of record by a brokerage firm, bank or similar organization, or its nominee, pursuant to a signed proxy or voting instruction card that are voted on any matter are included in determining the number of shares present. If a brokerage firm signs and returns a proxy on your behalf that does not contain voting instructions, your shares will count as present at the Annual Meeting for quorum purposes.

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What vote is needed to elect directors?

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At the Annual Meeting, directors will be elected by a majority of the votes cast. This means that the number of votes cast "FOR" a director nominee's election must exceed 50 percent of the number of votes cast with respect to the election of that nominee in order for the nominee to be elected. Our bylaws provide that the Board of Directors shall not nominate for election as director any nominee who has not agreed to offer, promptly following the annual meeting at which he or she is elected as director, an irrevocable resignation that will be effective upon (a) the failure to receive the required number of votes for reelection at the next annual meeting of stockholders at which he or she faces reelection, and (b) acceptance of such offer to resign by the Board of Directors. If a nominee fails to receive the required number of votes for reelection, the Board of Directors (excluding the director in question) shall, within ninety (90) days after certification of the election results, decide whether to accept such incumbent director's offer to resign through a process overseen by the Corporate Governance/Nominations Committee (and excluding the director in question from all Board of Directors and committee deliberations). The Board of Directors in making its determination may consider any factor it deems relevant.

If you do not instruct your broker how to vote with respect to this item, your broker may not vote with respect to this proposal. For your vote to be counted, you must submit your voting instructions to your broker or custodian. Abstentions and broker non-votes will not be counted as votes cast and therefore will have no effect in determining whether the required majority vote has been attained.

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What vote is needed to approve the other Proposals?

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At the Annual Meeting, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present, in person or by proxy, and entitled to vote thereon is required to approve Proposal 2: the approval, by non-binding advisory vote, of executive compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers (collectively, the "NEOs"); Proposal 3: the approval, by a non-binding advisory vote, of the frequency of the future advisory vote to approve NEO compensation, and; Proposal 4: the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the 2018 fiscal year.

If you do not instruct your broker how to vote with respect to Proposals 2 and 3, your broker may not vote with respect to these proposals. For your vote to be counted, you must submit your voting instructions to your broker or custodian. Abstentions will be counted as present for the purposes of the vote on Proposals 2 and 3, and therefore will have the same effect as a vote against such proposals. Broker non-votes will not be counted as present and are not entitled to vote on Proposals 2 and 3. Abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted as present and entitled to vote for the purposes of the vote on Proposal 4, and therefore will have the same effect as a vote against the proposal.

Approval of the Proposals 2 and 3 regarding compensation of our NEOs and the frequency of future votes to approve NEO compensation are advisory and will not be binding on the Board of Directors or the Company. However, the Board of Directors will review the voting results of these proposals and take them into consideration when making future decisions regarding executive compensation.

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How will the votes be tabulated?

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The inspectors of election appointed for the Annual Meeting will tabulate the votes cast, in person or by proxy, at the Annual Meeting and will determine whether a quorum is present.

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How do I revoke a proxy?

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If you hold your shares registered in your name, you may revoke your proxy by submitting a revised one at any time before the vote to which the proxy relates. You may also revoke it by submitting a ballot at the Annual Meeting.

If your shares are held in street name, there are special procedures that you must follow to revoke a proxy submitted via the Internet or by telephone or by marking, signing and returning a vote instruction card.

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Revoking your vote and submitting a new vote before the deadline of 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on November 14, 2017. If you submit a proxy via the Internet, by telephone or by marking, signing and returning a vote instruction card, you may revoke your proxy at any time and by any method before the deadline.

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Revoking your vote and submitting a new vote after the deadline of 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on November 14, 2017. If you submit a proxy via the Internet, by telephone or by marking, signing and returning a vote instruction card and wish to revoke it and submit a new proxy after the deadline has passed, you must contact your brokerage firm, bank or other similar organization and follow its requirements. We cannot assure you that you will be able to revoke your proxy and vote your shares by any of the methods described above.

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Revoking your vote and submitting a new vote by ballot at the Annual Meeting. If you submit a proxy via the Internet, by telephone or by marking, signing and returning a vote instruction card and wish to revoke it and vote at the Annual Meeting, you must contact your brokerage firm, bank or other similar organization and follow its requirements. We cannot assure you that you will be able to revoke your proxy or attend and vote at the Annual Meeting.

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If you receive more than one proxy or voting instruction card on or about the same time, it generally means you hold shares registered in more than one account. In order to vote all of your shares, please sign and return each proxy or voting instruction card or, if you vote via the internet or telephone, vote once for each proxy or voting instruction card you receive.

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Where can I find the results of the Annual Meeting?

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We intend to announce preliminary voting results at the Annual Meeting and announce final results in a Current Report on Form 8-K that we will file with the SEC within four business days of the Annual Meeting.

Annual Meeting Admission

                Only stockholders and certain other permitted attendees may attend the Annual Meeting. Please note that space limitations make it necessary to limit attendance to stockholders and one guest. Admission to the Annual Meeting will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Proof of Ethan Allen stock ownership as of the record date, along with photo identification, will be required for admission. Stockholders holding stock in an account at a brokerage firm, bank, broker-dealer or other similar organization ("street name" holders) will need to bring a copy of a brokerage statement reflecting their stock ownership as of the record date. No cameras, recording equipment, electronic devices, use of cell phones or other mobile devices, large bags or packages will be permitted at the Annual Meeting.

Householding

                To reduce the expense of delivering duplicate proxy materials to our stockholders, we are relying on the SEC rules that permit us to deliver only one set of proxy materials to multiple stockholders who share an address unless we receive contrary instructions from any stockholder at that address. This practice, known as "householding," reduces duplicate mailings, thus saving printing and postage costs as well as natural resources. Each stockholder retains a separate right to vote on all matters presented at the Annual Meeting. Once you have received notice from your broker or us that they or we will be householding materials to your address, householding will continue until you are notified otherwise or until you revoke your consent. If, at any time, you wish to receive a separate copy of the Annual Report or other proxy materials, free of charge, or if you wish to receive separate copies of future annual reports or proxy materials, please mail your request to Ethan Allen Interiors Inc., PO BOX 1966, Danbury CT 06813-1966, attention: Corporate Secretary, or call us at (203) 743-8000.

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2 ​​​ BOARD OF DIRECTORS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. is a vertically integrated interior design and home furnishings company, serving consumersclients around the world. To effectively manageThe effective management of our enterprise requires a strong governance foundation, as well as leadership with an understanding of the diverse needs of our consumersclients and associates. TheWe believe the composition of the Board reflects an appropriate mix of skill sets, experience, and qualifications that are relevant to the business and governance of the Company. Each individual Directordirector epitomizes the Company'sCompany’s Leadership Principles, possesses the highest ethics and integrity, and demonstrates ongoing commitment to representing the long-term interests of the Company'sCompany’s stockholders. Each Director also hasdirector possesses individual experiences that provide practical wisdom and foster mature judgment in the boardroom. Collectively, the Directorsdirectors bring business, international, government, technology, marketing, retail operations, and other experiences that are relevant to the Company'sCompany’s vertical operations. The Board of Directors has general oversight responsibility for the Company'sCompany’s affairs pursuant to the Company's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws, and the committee charters, corporate governance guidelines and other policies under which the Company operates. The Board is deeply involved in the Company'sCompany’s strategic planning process, leadership development, succession planning, and oversight of risk management. In exercising its fiduciary duties, the Board represents and acts on behalf of the Company'sCompany’s stockholders and is committed to strong corporate governance, as reflected through its policies and practices.

The Board of Directors has determined that nominees James B. Carlson,Dr. John Clark, John J. Dooner, Jr., Domenick J. Esposito, Mary Garrett, James W. SchmotterCynthia Ekberg Tsai, David M. Sable and Tara I. Stacom (six(our five independent 2021 nominees for the Board of Directors)Board) are independent directors within the meaning of the listing standards of the NYSE. In order for aNYSE (the “NYSE rules”). The Board determined that these director nominees not only met all “bright-line” criteria under the NYSE rules, but also that, based on all known relevant facts and circumstances applicable to be considered "independent" by the Board of Directors, he or she must (i) be free ofeach individual director, there did not exist any relationship that applyingwould compromise the independence of these directors. Under the NYSE rules, in order to qualify as “independent” for general service on the Board, a director must not be disqualified under any of the per se disqualifiers in the NYSE would preclude a finding of independencerules, and (ii)the Board must have otherwise affirmatively determined that the director does not have any material relationship, (eithereither directly or indirectly (e.g. as a partner, stockholder or officer of an organization) with us or any of our affiliates ofor any of our executive officers or any of our affiliates'affiliates’ executive officers. In evaluating the materiality of any such relationship, the Board of Directors takes into consideration whether disclosure