This florid acanthus-scrolled chair reflects the 'French' style introduced by the architect Sir Jeffrey Wyattville (d.1840) at Windsor Castle in the 1820's. With its 'old French and English' ornament it relates very closely to the grand drawing-room seat-furniture made for Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire, in this period (see: C.Hussey, English Country Houses, Early Georgian 1715-1760, London, 1955, p.152, pl.252). The design appears almost identical to the present chairs with the addition of an arched top on the backs.
A related suite supplied for the drawing-room created by the architect Lewis Wyatt (d.1853) at Tatton Park, Cheshire, has been attributed to Gillows of Lancaster and London (see: J.Hardy and N.Goodison, 'Gillows at Tatton Park', Furniture History, 1970, pp.1-39 and I.Grant, 'The Machine Age', The History of Furniture, London, 1976, p.194)
A pair of chairs of the Tatton Park type were sold anonymously in these Rooms, 27 June 1985, lot 85, and are now in the Victoria and Albert Museum (W.15-1985).