RO N A L D PHILLIPS
The table illustrated by H. Cescinsky in 1929
130 A GEORGE III MAHOGANY RENT TABLE A rare mid 18th century Chippendale period beautifully faded and figured mahogany circular rent table, having a moulded crossbanded top lined with faded green leather and central lockable money well above a frieze fitted with eight wedge shaped drawers inlaid with the letters A to Z, and revolving on square pedestal base with a cupboard door revealing a shelf; on a plinth base. English, circa 1765 Note: Retaining a paper trade label ‘Phillips of Hitchin’ to the underside. Height: 2 ft 5 in; 73.5 cm Diameter: 3 ft 9¾ in; 116 cm Provenance: Hotspur Ltd., London, 1973; Phillips of Hitchin Antiques Ltd., 1975; Private collection, England. Exhibited: Grosvenor House Antiques Fair, London, 1975; with Phillips of Hitchin Antiques Ltd. Illustrated: Herbert Cescinsky, English Furniture from Gothic to Sheraton, 1929, p. 382. Grosvenor House Antiques Fair handbook, 1975, p. 84. Literature: Ronald Phillips Ltd., 2002 catalogue, p. 172; a rent table of almost identical design, now in a private collection in New York.
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