A pair of Regency grained rosewood parcel-gilt armchairs by John Gee circa 1815

with curved bar-top rails and backs in the form of a Caduceus, with caned seats

These seem to have the original paint which is worn characteristically. The joints are loose and one front leg has been badly repaired and broken at the front left hand joint and will need further attention.
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John Gee is first recorded in 1779, when he entered into partnership with Benjamin Crompton Turner in Ordinary to George III.  In 1787 Gee was appointed Turner to the King and, although he retired from active business around 1824, he retained his royal warrant for a further seven years. In addition to his work for the Crown and the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire in the late 18th and early 19th century, Gee undertook commissions for other distinguished aristocratic patrons such as the Earl of Wilton, for whom he supplied a set of chairs for the celebrated circular Music Room at Heaton Hall, Lancashire, in 1790 built by James Wyatt.