Taken to a zenith by Thomas Chippendale and his contemporaries in the mid 18th century, it slowly diminished in popularity until the first decades of the 19th century.The Prince Regent was famously exuberant and adopted styles in deference to the late Georgian. The Prince employed the best architects of his day to create this bizarrely unique and opulent vision inspired by the Orient.

These fine Bamboo chairs would be perfectly at home in the exotic interiors of the Brighton Pavilion. Similar chairs are depicted by John Nash in ˜Views of the Royal Pavilion™ Pub 1826, plates 13 and 30. Notable in the Red Drawing Room and the Blue Drawing Room. Photographs attached showing the furniture and extreme opulent decoration. Sir William Chambers published designs for Chinese furniture, the design of these chairs strongly refers to his publications. One of Sir William Chambers most prominent survivals of Chinese fantasy is the Chinese Pagoda which still stands in Kew Gardens.