We recently found ourselves asking, "why is it called a rent table?" and this is what we learned:
The "rent" table, as the name suggests, would be used at a large country estate for the management of the rent collection from the estate tenants. The numbered drawers around the rotating frieze were also sometimes marked with letters of the alphabet and would be used to order the paperwork and ledgers while the secure locked compartment in the centre of the table top provided safe storage for the monies paid.
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