ATTRIBUTED TO MAYHEW AND INCE, CIRCA 1780

The table can be confidently attributed to the Golden Square firm of Mayhew and Ince based on the use of yew-wood as a large scale veneer, 'the only wholly idiosyncratic veneer wood the firm used and possibly unique to Mayhew and Ince among London cabinet-makers of this date' (P. Macquoid & R.Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, Leeds, 1986, pp. 589-593). They supplied a veneered yew-wood commode to Sir Brook Bridges of Goodnestone Park, Kent, that was exhibited in Treasures from Kent Houses, Royal Museum, Canterbury, September - October 1984, no. 57.
A pembroke table with related marquetry border was sold anonymously Christie's, London, 30 November 2000, lot 115 (£18,800 including premium). Another pembroke table of mahogany, yewwood and rosewood with similar supports was sold Christie's, New York, 18 October 2005, lot 418 ($26,400 inc. premium).