A design for a related 'Eygptian' secrétaire in Augsburg at Herzberg is illustrated in H. Kreisel, Die Kunst des Deutsches Möbels, Munich, 1973, vol. III, fig. 405. A secrétaire of related form was commissioned circa 1820 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III (d.1840) for Charlottenburg, Berlin (see: H. Hayward, World Furniture 1965, fig. 991) and a related secrétaire pattern was illustrated in G.J. Lipp, Meubles-Zeichnungen für Tischler, Berlin, 1831, pl. VII. An 'Egyptian' commode of the 1820s with lozenged and arched compartments accompanied by 'cornucopiae escutcheons', now displayed at the Bomann-Museum, Celle, may have come from the same workshops (H. Kreisel, Die Kunst des Deutschen Möbels, Vol. III, Munich, 1973, fig. 428)
The form of the secrétaire also relates to the masterpiece designs presented by Oldenburg cabinet-makers in the 1820s, such as those by Johann Barnard Spanhake of 1822 and F.C. Trenter of 1826 (G. Himmelheber, Biedermeier Furniture, London, 1974, figs. 74 and 73)