These tables relate to a large pier table which was supplied for the Drawing Room at Northumberland House, London which Robert Adam designed in 1773 (D. Owsley and W. Rieder, The Glass Drawing Room from Northumberland House, 1974, pls. 10 and 20). A closely related table was exhibited at the 'Third International Art Treasures Exhibition C.I.N.O.A.', Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Exhibition Catalogue, 1962, no. 120, pl. 85.