Thomas Parker specialised in the production of elaborate furniture of brass and tortoiseshell inlay after the style of the French ébéniste André-Charles Boulle. English cabinet-makers used this style after the French Revolution then known as ‘Buhl’. Parker worked originally for the Prince Regent’s sister, Princess Elizabeth, and latterly for the Prince himself. On his trade card he described himself as ‘Cabinet & Buhl Manufacturer to HRH the Prince Regent and Royal family’.