A pattern for a 'Gothic' chair with fretted legs and rails was published by Thomas Chippendale in his Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1762, pl. XXV. A parlour chair with similar fretted feet with oval-medallion tablet at the Old Hall, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire is illustrated J. Kirk, American Furniture and the British Tradition, New York, 1982, fig. 863. A very closely related tea-table fitted with concertina hinges bearing the H. Tibats brand was sold anonymously, Phillips, London, 19 June 1990, lot 58