The table-top, with flowered compartment enclosed by arabesque acanthus-wrapped ribbon scrolls, is conceived in the Louis XIV manner popularised in the early 18th Century by the Oeuvres of Daniel Marot (d.1752) published in 1712. Related table tops attributed to James Moore (d.1726) are illustrated in R. Edwards and M. Jourdain, Georgian Cabinet-Makers, London, 1955, rev. ed., pp. 130-133).

Interestingly, the pattern on the top is almost exactly the same as that on a gilt-gesso side table from Twyford Hall, Norfolk, sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 17 April 1997, lot 10.