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Side chair
c. 1790RCIN 31831
Despite their sophisticated design, these chairs, with their fragile neo-classical ornament, were hardly of practical use. Their bold style is characteristic of the work of French émigré chair-maker François Hervé, who collaborated with the architect Henry Holland at both Carlton House and Brighton Pavilion.
First recorded at Brighton Pavilion in 1823