The rose-decked chairs have medallion backs, in the Louis XVI manner popularised by J.C. Delafosse, Le Meuble à L'Epoque Louis XVI, Paris. n.d., and, with their pearl-wreathed frames and fluted legs, relate to a pair of armchairs sold by order of the Executors of the late Major-General Sir John Marriott K.C.V.O, C.P., D.S.O., M.C., in these Rooms, 22 March 1979, lot 99, and another pair sold by Norman Adams Ltd. at the 1957 Grosvenor House Antique Dealers Fair and again at Sotheby's London, 16 November 1990, lot 328.