拍品的狀況可能存在極大差異，而由於其性質使然，拍品難以處於完美無瑕的狀態。拍品均以拍賣時的狀況出售。

We have sought to record changes in the condition of this piece acquired after its initial manufacture.
- one chair with repaired break and pinning to where the crest rail joins the back splat
Both:
-a few of the carved scrollwork elements have been off and restuck, a few with repaired breaks
-expected age cracks, flakes and loss to lacquer particularly to the legs and feet, chips, nicks and small losses to edges, and a few areas of lifting of the lacquer
-expected wear and loss to the pigments and gilt , and wear to feet
-expected areas of touch up to the lacquer