In the manner of Giles Grendey, the chair has acquired a beautiful mellow patina.

In 1733 the British prime minister, Robert Walpole, took steps to support the economy of the British colonies by abolishing all taxes on mahogany imported from Jamaica, at the same time increasing import taxes on walnut imported from France. This brought about a drastic change in furniture construction in Britain.

This chair is as a result made not of walnut but of the much heavier and denser mahogany from Jamaica. The carved details are rare and reminiscent of walnut features. Sometimes one front leg only is carved, but a chair with three carved legs is particularly unusual. Later mahogany chairs became plainer in design.