This commode typifies the elegant 'antique' style in the French manner popularised by George Hepplewhite in his A Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide of 1788. Although it is not possible to identify the maker of this commode, elements of its design and decoration relate it to various works supplied by the best cabinetmakers of the late 18th century. Its French serpentined form evolves from commodes such as that with marquetry vase-medallions supplied to Corsham Court, Wiltshire in 1772 by John Cobb, cabinet-maker to King George III (reproduced in R. Edwards, A Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture, 1977, p. 250, fig. 15). The 'antique' decoration compares to that on the suite of painted bedroom furniture supplied by Thomas Chippendale to David Garrick for his villa at Hampton and to Ninian Home for Paxton House, Scotland (C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, vol. II, 1978, figs. 46, 62, 155, 164-6 and 283). The decoration is also reminiscent of pieces in the repertoire of James Moore of Dublin.