The tripod trellis backs of these chairs relate to a set of twenty cahirs which were supplied by the cabinet-maker David Bruce for the Governor's Room at the Bank of England in 1809. The design of that set is usually associated with Sir John Soane both because of his role as architect to the Bank of England, 1788-1833, and because he himself owned a pair of armchairs which are now in the Soane Museum (see: P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, rev.ed., 1954, Vol.1, p.307, fig.264 and Carlton Hobbs Ltd, Catalogue Number Three, 1992, no.9).