The combination of panelled fluted seat-rails headed by simple stepped roundels clearly relates to the documented work of William Trotter in the mid-1820s, particularly at Paxton House, Berwickshire. A bergere with related legs, one of four invoiced for (7 7s.0d. each, is illustrated in F. Bamford, 'A Dictionary of Edinburgh Wrights and Furniture Makers, Furniture History, 1983, pl.51. The spiral gadroon-filled spandrels at the top of the back are developments of those on two types of couches supplied by Trotter to Paxton in 1814 (ibid., pls.52A and 53).