The serpent-dragons entwining the legs and emerging to hiss at chinoiserie rustic heads on the central supports, derive from table patterns conceived by Nicolas Pineau in his Nouveaux Desseins de Pieds de Tables et de Vases et Consoles de Sculpture en bois, published by J. J. Mariette in 1734. They also relate to a design for a console table by Bernard Toro (1661 - 1735), illustrated in Livre de Tables de Diverses Formes published in Paris by C. N. Le Pas-Du Buisson in 1716. The heads of the dragons are similar to those which appear on a console table in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, illustrated Chefs - d'oeuvre du Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1985, p. 49, the pair to which is in the Toledo Museum, U.S.A.

A stool from this set belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Slazenger was sold Christie's house sale, Powerscourt, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow, Eire, 24-25 September 1984, lot 444. Another pair was sold by Dr. George Kastal, Sotheby's, Florence