The pembroke-table's construction and shaped steps incorporated in its hinged top correspond to that of other library-tables of the 1780s bearing the inscribed tablet of François Hervé, while established in Tottenham Court Road between 1783 and 1796 (C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, p. 265). A related 'harlequin' table pattern for 'Library Steps and Table' patented by Robert Campbell in 1774 was popularised by its publication in Thomas Sheraton's, The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing-Book, issued in parts 1791-4 (Gilbert, op cit., p.34).