The rich acanthus-scrolled frame relates to the chest-of-drawer pattern in the 'French' manner illustrated by Thomas Chippendale in his, Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1763, pl.65, while the fruit garlands and the cabochon-enriched legs terminating in acanthus-wrapped volutes feature on a settee attributed to Chippendale at Wilton House, Wiltshire (see: A. Coleridge, Chippendale Furniture, London, 1968, fig.200).