The connoisseur, Colonel H. H. Mulliner (d. 1924) of Clifton Court, Rugby and The Albany, London, devoted his 'fine judgement' of the arts to the formation of an English furniture collection that would demonstrate the progress of the decorative arts during the hundred years from the mid-17th century Restoration to the early years of the reign of George III. This was then considered to be a period poorly represented at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
His collection, part of which was exhibited at the Burlington Fine Arts Club in 1920, also featured in a privately printed catalogue raisonné later expanded by Mr. H. Batsford and published under the title: H. H. Mulliner, The Decorative Arts in England; 1660-1780. His collection of Silver, English Furniture, Objects of Art and Tapestries formed by Colonel Mulliner was sold, Christie's, London, 9 and10 July 1924. Various items from the collection are now in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.