The form of the serpentined commode, with its chamfered and fret-enriched corners and serpentined bracket feet, relates to the 'commode clothes press' patterns in Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1754, pl. XXVI. There is a similar chest of drawers at Wilton House, Wiltshire, probably supplied circa 1770 to Henry, 10th Earl of Pembroke for Wilton or Pembroke House, London, by Thomas Chippendale.
A similar dressing-chest was sold by Mrs. K.M. Moore, in these Rooms, 10 April 1986, lot 173.