Heralding from a distinguished private collection, this armchair was housed in a Queen Anne property in Church Row, Hampstead. This celebrated street of eighteenth century terraced houses, described by Pevsner in The Buildings of England as the finest street in Hampstead, is considered to be one of London's best-preserved early Georgian streets. Built between 1707 and 1730 as summer retreats for spa visitors and rich London merchants, Church Row has as its focal point the fine wrought iron railings from the Duke of Chandos' famous house Canons and installed at Church Row following that house's sale in 1747.

A walnut armchair, but with squared cabriole legs inlaid with marquetry panels was in the collection of Percival D. Griffiths, F.S.A., Sandridgebury and illustrated in R. W. Symonds, English Furniture from Charles II to George II, London, 1929, p. 49, fig. 28. A related pair of armchairs was sold Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 27 March 2007, lot 183.