Designed in the late 18th century 'antique' style, the settee's medallioned back surmounted by an elliptical demi-patera, reeded columnar legs and lozenge-trellised cormice derives from patterns published in Thomas Sheraton's Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, London, 1793. The form of the back with concave-moulded panel relates to that of the hall benches with the Belmore crest that were supplied in the late 1790s for Castle Coole, Ireland, under the direction of the architect James Wyatt (d.1813). A pair of hall benches of that model from Bellamont Forest, Cavan, were sold in these Rooms, 8 July 1993, lot 28