The sunk panels edged with beading that feature on the frieze and support, as well as the heavy gadrooned mouldings of the base combined with the large carved scrolled feet, are features often associated with the Edinburgh cabinet-maker William Trotter. Trotter was descended from a long line of merchants, upholsterers and cabinet-makers and among his important commissions is the furniture he supplied for the Library and Gallery at Paxton House, Berwickshire, circa 1814 (F. Bamford, A Dictionary of Edinburgh Wrights and Furniture Makers, 1660-1840, Leeds, 1983, plates 49-61).