IN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM LINNELL, CIRCA 1765

The interlaced design of the back with flowerhead roundel ears conforms to chairs supplied by William and John Linnell for Robert Child at Middleton Park in 1765 and William Drake for Shardeloes for his London home in circa 1765 (see H. Hayward and P. Kirkham, William and John Linnell, New York, 1980, vol.II, pp.26 and 27, figs.46 and 47). These chairs are based on a Linnell design of 1760-1765 (op. cit., p.25 fig.45 and reproduced here). An armchair of closely related design is illustrated in H. Cescinsky, English Furniture from Gothic to Sheraton, New York, 1968, p.261.