The clothes-press is veneered in satin-figured mahogany that corresponds to that of a pembroke-table executed in the mid-1780's and bearing the label of George Seddon (see: R. Edwards and M Jourdain, Georgian Cabinet-Makers., London, 1955, fig. 176); however, the reeded pilasters and stump feet reflect the late 18th Century style popularised by Thomas Sheraton's Encyclopedia of 1804-7.