Designed in the George IV 'Old English' style, this circular seated library chair derives from a George II chair at Boyton House, Wiltshire (see: R. Edwards, Dictiomnnary of English Furniture, 1927, vol. I, p. 272, fig. 142, but has 'Chippendale' acanthus-cartouches substituted for scallop-shells on the legs. Yew-tree versions were manufactured by Messrs. Gillow in 1827 for sale by Ferguson & Co., London, (see: Gillow Archives, Westminster Library, E.S. 3603) and one of their Boyton pattterns was sold Christie's New York, 22 April 1989, lot 69.