These square back armchairs with three banisters can be attributed to the Haig & Chippendale workshop because of the characteristic setting out marks on the frame beneath the seat, their arms which have a rhythmic curve swept to a sharp point and the particularly slender tapered front legs.

This chair was conserved in 2022 with funding from Museums Galleries Scotland. It had historic water damage and pronounced fading. An old unstable repair to the back upright of the chair was dismantled, with the securing screw removed and then surfaces cleaned using hot water. When these surfaces had fully dried the break was re-glued using fish glue and the join clamped in place until the glue had set. The steel screw from the old repair was cleaned, then re-inserted and covered with a replacement mahogany plug.

The show wood surfaces of the chair were cleaned using 0000 grade wire wool and a small amount of white spirit, then later dry buffed with the same very fine grade wire wool. The pronounced fading of these surfaces were then toned using van dyke brown crystals water stain which was sealed with a simple shellac varnish. Later the shellac varnish was cut back and the surfaces were wax polished with Harrell’s Furniture Wax using a soft cotton cloth.