A mahogany secretaire of exactly the same size and outline but with a second drawer in place of the arched kneehole, was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 11 April 1991, lot 152. The two are undoubtedly by the same maker and the use of satinwood inlaid with geometric lines and crossbanded in barely contrasting mahogany suggests that this might be George Simson (1780-1839). A satinwood and sabicu chiffonier labelled by him is illustrated in The Dictionary of English Furniture-Makers, Leeds, 1986, pls.22 and 23. On the basis of their similarities with that chiffonier, Brian Austen has suggested that Simson made and supplied the famous group of 'Weeks' cabinets to Thomas Weeks for his emporium (ibid., p.817)