The table illustrated in, Furniture Making in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century England
THE MOLLER RENT TABLE, English, circa 1790
Diameter: 42¼ in; 107.5 cm
Further images
A George III mahogany and padauk crossbanded rent table.
Note: The table retains its original brass handles. The leather insert is of later date. The circular pedestal cupboard is fitted with one loose shelf. The central circular well in the top has a sprung lid which is released by a pull-lever inside the drawer marked ‘ABC’.
The relatively small diameter and the unusual circular pedestal base make this table extremely rare. Another rent table with circular base, formerly in the Royal Collection, is to date the only other known example.
Provenance
M. Harris & Sons, London, England;
Eric Moller, Thorncombe Park, Surrey, England;
Mallett & Son Ltd., London, England;
Private collection, USA.
Exhibitions
The Grosvenor House Art and Antiques Fair, London, 1994; with Mallett & Son Ltd.Literature
Illustrated:
Antique Collector, July 1939, no page no.; with M. Harris & Sons Ltd.
R. W. Symonds, Furniture Making in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century England, 1955, p. 138, pl. 184.
Sotheby’s, ‘The Moller Collection’, sale catalogue, London, 18 November 1993, pp. 154-5, lot 128.
Huon Mallalieu, ‘Diamond celebration’, Country Life, 9 June 1994, p. 92, item 2.
