CHINA STAND was one of a pair of japanned china stands from one of William and John Linnell's 'Chinese' bedroom suite at Badminton. Lever was fascinated by the chinoiserie idiom in English furniture partly because of a 19th century revival and also because he enjoyed strange and rare pieces.The stand is fashionnned from pine and mahogany and was probably designed by John Linnell - William Linnel, John's father was still running the workshop at this point. A drawing by John shows a different colour scheme in red,blue and yellow. The present scheme dates from the mid- or late 19th century.Other items from the original bedroom suite at Badminton - the state bed, the commode and two armchairs from the collection of eight are in the Victoria and Albert Museum.