The closest parallel to this commode, which would have stood in a pier with corresponding oval medallion mirror above, is the mahogany table-press by Benjamin Goodison at Holkham Hall, Norfolk (see: A. Coleridge, Chippendale Furniture, London, 1968, p. 209, pl. 368-9). A. Coleridge identifies it with an entry in the Holkham Departmental Accounts, dated 11 June 1757, ... 'Mr Goodison for a mahog. table press carv'd and Gilt with wire doors for ye Gallery... #4.16.0'. The bold bulbous form is similar, as is the use of ovals adorned with foliage and rockwork above a band of flowerhead filled entrelac on ogee feet. A mahogany kneehole desk or dressing-table also at Holkham and attributed to Goodison has very similar feet (op.cit. pl. 370). The oval medallion applied to a door and centred by an elaborate escutcheon can be found on Thomas Chippendale's design for a commode cloths press, first published in 1753 and included in his Director, London, 1762, 3rd ed., pl. CXXX