This chair was purchased in 1856 for 10 pounds by the South Kensington Museum. There is no record of its earlier history. The chair was completely re-upholstered in 1968, the existing upholstery (which was then believed to be original but is no longer considered to be so) was taken off and is stored. At that time the cover showed fragments of cord defining the vertical seams of the back. These have not been replicated in the current upholstery as they are considered to be a mid-nineteenth-century detail, consistent with our current assessment of the date of the upholstery removed in 1968. The 1968 work was undertaken by an upholsterer working for Geoffrey Rose Ltd., 77 Pimlico Road, London SW1. See copies of Peter Thornton's sketch, correspondence, estimate and invoice in Green catalogue. FDC 17/07/2006. This upholstery left in place the webbing, which was believed to be original and placed further reinforcing webbing above it. At the same time, all the joints were opened and re-glued. Wormeaten wood was hardened with Araldite AY 103 HY 987. A missing scroll (bottom centre right) on the stretcher was replaced. Also many small pieces of carving were replaced, and these retouched with colour, the whole being given a wax polish.