George II Mahogany Triangular Tea/Writing Table
ENGLAND, circa 1750
28 3/4 x 39 3/8 x 19 1/2 in
73 x 100 x 49.5 cm
73 x 100 x 49.5 cm
5964
Provenance
This table came from the exalted early 20th century collection of Claude D. Rotch, Esq., The Elms, Surrey. Rotch, like his contemporary Percival Griffiths, was influenced by the connoisseur R. W. Symonds. His bequest of early to mid-Georgian furniture was gifted to the Victoria and Albert Museum upon his death in 1962 and described at the time as ‘The most remarkable single gift of English Furniture ever presented to the Museum’. Many examples from the Rotch collection are illustrated in P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1924-27, among other publications.
With a triple foldover top enclosing a polished surface, and further opening to a tooled green leather-lined surface adjacent to an interior fitted with pen wells and compartments, with a...
With a triple foldover top enclosing a polished surface, and further opening to a tooled green leather-lined surface adjacent to an interior fitted with pen wells and compartments, with a slender mahogany-lined swiveling frieze drawer to each side, bearing a label inscribed ‘COLLECTION C.D. ROTCH 67’, the drawer inscribed ‘763’.