This chair is remarkable for the fact that it has all its original upholstery materials, from the webbing to the needlework covers, trimmed with brass nails. and is therefore a valuable record of the construction and shape of 18th-century upholstery. Around the front and sides the edge is built up with a ‘roll’ or ‘lip’, which is more densely stuffed than the middle of the seat. The needlework is an imitation of a woven damask. It is worked quite coarsely, and was almost certainly done in the home rather than in a professional workshop. The cover on the back of the chair-back is a stamped worsted wool, which has been stained red on one side to match the predominant colour of the needlework.