The table's Grecian ribbon-fret frieze and hermed legs, enriched with flutes, reflect the antique fashion introduced around 1760 by the architect James Stuart (d.1788), and relates for instance to the Roman tripod stands and other furniture designed for Spencer House, London (D. Watkin, Athenian Stuart, London, 1982, figs.33-38).
A George III pedestal desk with a similar combination of ribbon-fret frieze and Vitruvian scroll was sold from the collection of the late Sir George Donaldson, Messrs, Puttick and Simpson, Hove, Sussex, 10 July 1925, lot 621 (illustrated in the catalogue).