18th century Each chair with curving toprail sloping down to the arms supported on serpentine side-posts terminating in a curved hook beyond the corner posts set with shaped spandrels, the backsplat carved with a ruyi cartouche enclosing the Shou character surrounded by five bats, the back corner posts continuing below the rectangular frame set with a mat seat to the back legs joined by three straight stretchers and a footrest, the front legs with a cusped arched apron carved with foliate scrolls extending from the beaded edge. 102cm (40 1/8in) high x 59.5cm (23 1/2in) wide x 47cm (18 6/8in) deep. (2).