A George III walnut, beech and sycamore comb-back Windsor chair, circa 1800 With shaped top-rail, incurved arm supports, circular seat and splayed legs joined by stretchers, 53cm wide, 40cm deep, 91cm high, seat height 40cm. Thames Valley Windsor chairs of this distinctive form with the unusual feature of a circular seat are sometimes known as ‘Goldsmith’ chairs, after the example in the V&A Museum which was originally owned by the author Oliver Goldsmith (Accession No. 538-1872). That chair is also illustrated in B. Cotton, The English Regional Chair, 1990, Fig TV9 and M. Harding-Hill, Windsor Chairs, 2003, pg. 20.