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The design of the back with a bow and arrow, the square seat and the straight legs show the influence of French furniture.<br><br><b>People</b><br>Francis Hervé, who may have come to Britain from France, established himself as a furniture maker and upholsterer in John Street, London, by 1781. His most important client was the Prince of Wales, for whom Hervé supplied furniture at Carlton House, London, from 1783 to 1794, including a set of seat furniture for the Chinese Drawing Room in 1790. Surviving examples of his furniture, like this chair, show a distinctive French influence.<br><br><b>Places</b><br>George, Prince of Wales, first visited Brighton in 1783 and, attracted by the social and medicinal advantages of this seaside resort, commissioned Henry Holland (1745-1806) to design the Royal Pavilion in 1787. The Pavilion was extended and the interiors redecorated several times as the Prince became Prince Regent in 1811 and King in 1820. 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