In The Universal System of Household Furniture, 1762, pl. LVI, Messrs. William Ince (d. 1804) and John Mayhew (d. 1811) of Soho Square, illustrated a design for back stools with related serpentine crest-rail, stretchers and straight legs with gothic reserve panels wreathed with garlands. This chair, with its square legs adorned with fruiting foliage and trelliswork reserve panels in the Chinese manner, is closely related to the Hurleyford Manor suite supplied to Sir William Clayton, Bt., sold by the Executors of Sir Harold Clayton and Lady Clayton in these Rooms, 20 July 1950, lot 84. Although slightly stiffer and less fluid in its design, this chair is inspired by the St. Giles's suite attributed to the St. Martin's Lane syndicate (see lot 78)