The description given above of the Duke of Monmouth's house in Soho Square may be paralleled by the following account of a country seat, Woodcote, near Epsom, belonging to Lord Baltimore, which was advertised ' To be sold by Mr. Langford and Son at their House in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden,' in the London Chronicle, June 23-26, 1764. 'A most noble, elegant, and complete Mansion House and Chapel, fitted up with enriched ceilings, mahogany floors, magnificent marble chimneypieces in Basso and Alto Relievo, by Fiamingo and others; carvings by Gibbons ; paintings by Rubens and Verrio; fine marble figures and vases and other embellishments introduced and adapted with the greatest skill and judgment, and the whole finished in the most rich and superb taste.' The wording of this announcement prepares us for the literary style of the furniture pattern-books of Chippendale and his successors, which were all pitched in the same grandiose key. The item of mahogany floors is an interesting one, and the fact that the surname of Gibbons, without his distinctive prefix, appears in capital letters along with those of Rubens and Verrio, shows that his fame in 1764 was still at its zenith.

Plate XCVII. I - Chair, Mahogany Chippendale 2 - Arm-Chair Chippendale

XCVII. (1) Chair, mahogany. Chippendale. V. & A. M.

Dimensions : Height 38½, Breadth of seat 20½ inches.

(2) Armchair, mahogany. Chippendale. V. & A. M.

Dimensions: Height 39¼, Breadth 25¾ inches.