The Grecian sofa's enrichments with its bacchic lion-paw feet emerging from arabesque palm-flowered foliage relates closely to that of a window-seat formerly in the possession of Temple Williams Ltd., London (M. Jourdain, Regency Furniture 1795-1830, London, rev. ed., 1965, fig. 112). It also relates to patterns published in John Taylor's Upholsterer's and Cabinet Maker's Pocket Assistant, 1825, which revives some of the 'antique' forms introduced by George Smith's Collections of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1808 (E. Joy, Pictorial Dictionary of 19th Century Furniture Designs, Woodbridge, 1977, p. 301).
A very similar rosewood and parcel-gilt daybed was sold by Edward Medlicott, Esq., Sacombe Park, Hertfordshire, Christie's house sale, 11 October 1993, lot 22.