An early Victorian walnut easy armchair by Howard & Sons of London with arched button-upholstered back and padded seet flanked by out-scrolled armrests, upholstered in a blue and white floral cotton fabric, on turned baluster tapering supports with Cope and Collinson Patent strong caps and castors, bearing a paper label, stamped Easy Chair and Sofa Factory, Howard & Sons Upholsterers, 25/26/27 Berner Street, London, and inscribed 6487/3540