It seems likely that this design originated in 1787, when the Prince of Wales took power as Regent during a period when George III was suffering insanity as a result of the illness porhyria. The design seems to have been first published in 1788 in the first edition of Hepplewhite's <i> The Cabinet Maker's and Upholsterer's Guide</i>.
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It seems likely that this design originated in 1787, when the Prince of Wales took power as Regent during a period when George III was suffering insanity as a result of the illness porhyria. The design seems to have been first published in 1788 in the first edition of Hepplewhite's <i> The Cabinet Maker's and Upholsterer's Guide</i>.