CHAIRS. Third quarter of the 18th century
... surroundings. The Earl of Cardigan in 1741 paid £7 16s. for a set of six; from the early 1760 s sets of 12, 18 or even 36 were not uncommon. The Earl of Bradford, at \.Yeston H all, hropshire, po sesses a set of 30 mahogany hall arm-chairs, their plain e ...