This type of chair, which simulates in its raised decoration carved gesso surfaces of the early Georgian period, was produced under European supervision in the East. These chairs, which were mainly made in padouk, rosewood or walnut, often bear Chinese characters. Similar sets remain at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, Wilton, Wiltshire, and a single chair at Temple Newsam House, Leeds. A closely related set of fifteen chairs from the property of Mrs. B.L. Urquhart, was sold in these Rooms, 20 May 1971, lot 77, and a further pair was sold anonymously, Sotheby's London, 13 May 1994, lot 58