On loan to Houghton Hall. Chair, carved and gilded walnut, with green velvet cover trimmed with metal-thread braid, Britain, ca. 1732 Chair, the back rectangular with rounded top corners; cabriole front legs and heavily raked back legs terminating in paw feet, the top of the legs carved with lion masks; the deep seat rails curved in profile and carved in the centre front with a satyr mask and in the centre of the sides with shells, all flanked by scrolling foliage. Covered in green velvet. This chair has a loose cover of lime-green velvet, trimmed with metal-thread braid