The design of this and the following lot shows both Grecian elements and the beginnings of Gothic design. The outline is taken from a George Smith design of 1826 (see: E.T.Joy, The Dictionary of British 19th Century Furniture Design, Woodbridge, 1977, p. 52). The Smith design shows a pointed arched top on each of the flanking hanging-cupboards but these wardrobes retain a Grecian sarcophagus cresting above a Gothic trefoil.