Stamped late 19th Century giltwood open armchair, Charles Mellier & Co, London, with oval padded back, acanthus capped padded open arms on downswept arm supports and seat over guilloche moulded seat rail raised on conforming tapered fluted supports, the base stamped C. Mellier & Co Cabinetmakers London, 62cm x 60cm x 92cm highCharles Mellier was first listed in London directories as an upholsterer at 2 Frith Street, Soho in 1870 - but a 1927 advertisement stated that the Mellier business was established in 1865.In the 1871 Census, Charles Louis Mellier, upholsterer, and his son, Charles Eugene, were living in Twickenham, Middlesex with Alice Dawson (visitor) and one servant. By the 1881 Census he was living in Clifton Hill, Hamilton Terrace, Marylebone, working as a decorator employing 150 men. At the time of his death in June 1887 his personal estate was valued at nearly £18,880. 1891- 1902 the firm of Charles Mellier & Co. was listed as interior decorators, upholsterers, cabinet makers and dealers in works of art at 57 Wells Street and 48, 49 & 50 Margaret Street, Cavendish Square.