The chairs relate closely to a set of twelve supplied in 1785 by the prestigious London furniture-makers Messrs Ince & Mayhew to James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon, for the Oval Drawing Room at Caledon Castle, Co. Tyrone. Described as `12 very neat Cabriolet Chairs with Elbows, richly Carved and Ornamented , painted dove Colour & white', the arched seat rail with honeysuckle cresting, swagged paterae on the seat rails and the leg pattern are common to both, only differing in the shape of the back and the arms that join into the tops of the legs rather than to the seat rails. (H. Roberts and C. Cator, Industry and Ingenuity The Partnership of William Ince and John Mayhew, London, 2022, p. 178 and p. 365, fig. 330). Several pairs of chairs of the Caledon pattern have been sold including a pair from the collection of Robert and Elsie Tritton, Godmersham Park, Kent, Christie's house sale, 6 - 9 June 1983, lot 125.

H. Roberts and C. Cator, Industry and Ingenuity The Partnership of William Ince and John Mayhew, London, 2022, p. 178 and p. 365, fig. 330