A pair Chinese export bamboo chairs of the so-called Brighton Pavilion type. The caned seats rounded to the front and square at the back with a slightly dished rectangular back filled with horizontal and vertical panels of decoration, raised on four legs joined by stretchers.
Canton, made for export to England, circa 1800.
height 85cm
width 43cm
depth 39cm
Bamboo furniture became highly fashionable in England after the completion of the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, created by the architect Henry Holland around 1801 for George, Prince of Wales, the future King George IV and extended by John Nash between 1815 and 1822, and it is his work that is visible today.