The form of the present card table combines the geometric and rectilinear qualities of the 'antique' with the fluidity of English Rocco design which had gained prominence by the 1760s. The treatment of the carved cabriole legs, with unfurling acanthus leaves issuing from the c-scrolled heads and scrolled plinth feet, recall the output of William Vile (1700–1767). The feet in particular are remarkably similar to those on a jewel cabinet supplied by Vile to King George III (1738-1820) and Queen Charlotte (1744-1818) for her private apartments in St James's Palace in 1762 (RCIN 35487).
It is interesting to note also that the hinges of the present tables are stamped H. TIBATS. Many fine pieces of 18th century furniture, particularly card tables, bear the Tibats stamp on their hinges. The stamp almost certainly refers to Hugh Tibbatts, 'hinge and sash fastening maker' of Bell Street Wolverhampton, listed relatively late in the 1781 Pearson & Rollason Directory for Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley, Bilston and Willenhall.