This 'ribbon'-splat pattern, with bowed loops in a 'medallion' embellished with flowered-acanthus foliage, proved popular in the early years of King George III's reign; and evolved from one engraved by R. Manwaring in his Cabinet and Chair-Maker's Real Friend and Companion, 1765, pl. 9. Amongst the examples illustrated by J. Kirk, American Furniture, the British Tradition, New York, 1982, is one (fig. 1029) which has cabriole legs, but shares the scrolled and reeded supports and the serpentined crest-rail, which, like the splat, is carved with flowered acanthus.

A set of six chairs of this model was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 14 May 1992, lot 24