Pair of chairs of 'Louis' style, part of a salon suite of which the armchair (W.4-1974) also forms a part. The chairs are mahogany and the design combines motifs fashionable under both Louis XV and Louis XVI, and also show the influence of Chippendale. The chairs have thin cabriole legs at the front, and raked, rectangular-sectioned rear legs. The legs are carved on the knees with a recessed panel with a formal, fan-headed motif against a punched ground, the carving rising no higher than the general line of the leg. The centre of each front seat rail is similarly carved with a recessed panel with crossed fronds of leaves. The backs are waisted, with a serpentine top rail supported on a short, central, pierced splat above a pierced roundel carved with an urn. The seats, which are sprung, are upholstered in pink silk damask of a rococo design, outlined on the lower edge with a pink silk gimp.