The brass inlay on this kneehole desk is almost identical to a lady's bureau, that was possibly made by Frederick Hintz (d. 1772) who operated from the sign of The Porcupine, Newport Street, London in the 1730s. Interestingly, the bureau also has the same marquetry star motif as the kneehole desk (C. Gilbert and T. Murdoch, John Channon and brass-inlaid furniture 1730-1760, London, 1993, p. 78, fig. 78).