The press's sunk panels and figured mahogany correspond to those on a pair of clothes-presses supplied in 1764 by Thomas Chippendale (d. 1779) to Sir Lawrence Dundas at Aske Hall, Yorkshire (C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978, vol. II, fig. 243).
A related linen-press which was supplied to Sir Penistone Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne (1748-1819) for Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire, was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 6 October 1994, lot 147. A further related press was sold from Castle Howard, Yorkshire, Sotheby's house sale, 11 November 1991, lot 97.