The sofa-table's plinth-supported trestles, with palm-flowered lion monopodia tied with a palm-flowered stretcher, derives from an 1804 sofa-table pattern illustrated in George Smith's Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, London, 1808, pl. 83. Related palm-flowered monopodia feature on a pair of octagonal tables illustrated in M. Jourdain, Regency Furniture 1795-1830, London, rev.ed., 1949, p. 110, fig. 101. The tables were sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 15 November 1990, lot 32. A related library-table from Panshanger, Hertfordshire was fitted with similar palm-flowered escutcheons, whose pattern was adopted by Gillows of London and Lancaster in the early 19th Century. The library-table was sold by Mr. and Mrs. Julian Salmond, in these Rooms, 16 November 1995, lot 29.

Related plinth-supported and palm-flowered monopodia feature on a table that formed part of the collection of Regency furniture assembled around 1930 by Edward Knoblock (F. Collard, Regency Furniture, Woodbridge, 1985, p. 265).

An almost identical sofa table is illustrated in C. Musgrave, Regency Furniture 1800 to 1830, London, 1961, fig. 22B. This is possibly the one that was sold by the Administrators of the Mount Trust Collection, in these Rooms, 22 November 1973, lot 119.