These chairs originally formed part of a larger suite of seat furniture, part of which is shown in a photograph of the White Drawing Room at Moor Park, illustrated in H. Avray Tipping's English Homes, Period V, vol. I, Early Georgian, 1714-1760, London, 1921, fig. 219, p. 179, and The English Interior, by A. Stratton, London, 1920, pl. LXXXII, which also shows a sofa. The chairs were acquired by Sir Everard Radcliffe, Bt. at an unknown date for the Drawing Room at Rudding Park, Harrogate, C. Hussey, English Country Houses Late Georgian 1800-1840, London, 1955, figs. 141-142).