ATTRIBUTED TO WRIGHT AND ELWICK, CIRCA 1770

The distinctive design of the back is closely related to a set at Nostell Priory, Yorkshire attributed to the Wakefield firm of Wright and Elwick, who received commissions from many of the large Yorkshire houses including Nostell, Burton Constable and Wentworth Woodhouse. Another closely related set of twelve chairs were made for the hall at Kippax Park, Yorkshire and are illustrated in M. Harris, The English Chair, London, 1946, p.123, pl.LI. A further set with identical design to the back is illustrated in F.L. Hinckley, Masterpieces of Queen Anne and Georgian Furniture, New York, 1991, p.71, fig.102.