Lot Essay
Related chair pattens feature in Messrs. A. Hepple & Co, The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1788. Related chairs, bearing the 'India Office' and 'India Board' brand, are illustrated in the catalogue of a special exhibition at the Bethnal Green Museum, 1896 (J. Hardy, India Office Furniture, London, 1982, figs.16 and 17).