No. 7279-9381 - Rare English Regency Rent Table the circular top with tooled leather and a lifting well, the drawers with ivory knobs and letters the top supported with a central pedestal with down swept legs ending with brass casters. Rent tables were designed for use by landlords to receive their rents and file their receipts. This example by repute was used as a writing table in the Authors room of Greyson and Co. Dickens publishers where he wrote on occasion when visiting. Provenance purchased from a daughter of Dillon Ripley and Mary Livingston Ripley. He was the curator of the Smithsonian Institute for 30 years.

Circa 1810 – 1820.   H – 30 3⁄4", D – 42“