status of "object" or "standard-object"

[David A. Moon <Moon@STONY-BROOK.SCRC.Symbolics.COM>]

I assume there is a metaclass mechanism that allows a metaclass, such
as STANDARD-CLASS, to specify that each class that is an instance of
that metaclass or one of its submetaclasses shall contain a class,
such as STANDARD-OBJECT, as a superclass.  Do we need to say anything
about that in chapter 1, or should we simply say that any standard
class has STANDARD-OBJECT and T in its CPL, without specifying how
exactly they get there?