This pattern of chamfer-framed chair, invented 1850 by A.W.N. Pugin (d. 1852) for Charles Barry's New Palace of Westminster, was initially manufactured by the firms of Messrs Gillows of Oxford Street and Messrs Holland and Sons, while rose-headed nails were manufactured by Messrs Hardman of Birmingham. Pugin's sketch for this pattern, preserved at the Victoria & Albert Museum, was noted as being 'A pattern made for the Commons Lobbies.. a light but strong chamferred chair.. covered with green leather.. the nails must show' (see: Furniture in the House of Lords, Report by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London 1974, pl. 11)