Patterns for related acanthus-scrolled tripod 'candle stands', in the French picturesque manner were published by Thomas Chippendale in his, Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Directors, 1754-63. These stands, with their flower-festooned stems supporting open 'vase-like' capitals, relate most closely to one engraved in 1760 (pl.CXLV). A pair supplied about 1745 as part of a pier set for Hinton House, Somerset by the carver/furniture designer Matthias Lock (d.1765) are the most celebrated example of such rococo stands (see: Rococo, Art and Design in Hogarth's England, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, exh. cat., 1984, no.L14).