Lot Essay
A sketch for a closely related dining chair for the Dining-room at Workington Hall, Cumberland, appears in the 1788 Estimate Sketch Book of Gillows of London and Lancaster (L.Boynton (ed.), Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, Royston, 1995, fig 272), and another was reproduced in The London Chair-Makers' and Carvers' Book of Prices, London, 1823.