"Closely based on a design by Thomas Chippendale (plate XII, right, in the 1st and 2nd editions of the \"Director\", 1754 & 1755, and plate XIII, right, repeated in plate XIV, right, in the 3rd edition of the \"Director\" (1762); the original plate is dated 1753). But the carving is rather flat and lifeless, suggesting that the chair is probably provincial. It differs from the design in certain respects: the C-scrolls at the top of the splat disappear into the top rail rather than ending in a round scroll; and instead the top rail is peaked above the points where the C-scrolls join it. And the forked section of the splat is solid, not pierced, below the scrolling foliage (about a third of the way down). Nevertheless, the faithfulness of the copy is another indication that the chair is likely to be provincial; generally, London makers would not have been so reliant on printed designs." . . . "birch(?). Back seat rail reinforced with extra piece of wood. There are four new corner braces which are screwed in. Front and back legs joined by stretchers and cross stretcher. Replacement green coloured silk damask top cover and trimmed with braid."@en . "Closely based on a design by Thomas Chippendale (plate XII, right, in the 1st and 2nd editions of the \"Director\", 1754 & 1755, and plate XIII, right, repeated in plate XIV, right, in the 3rd edition of the \"Director\" (1762); the original plate is dated 1753). But the carving is rather flat and lifeless, suggesting that the chair is probably provincial. It differs from the design in certain respects: the C-scrolls at the top of the splat disappear into the top rail rather than ending in a round scroll; and instead the top rail is peaked above the points where the C-scrolls join it. And the forked section of the splat is solid, not pierced, below the scrolling foliage (about a third of the way down). Nevertheless, the faithfulness of the copy is another indication that the chair is likely to be provincial; generally, London makers would not have been so reliant on printed designs." . "Carved mahogany"@en . . . .