Live Auction 19024The Collection of Mr. & Mrs. John H. Gutfreund 834 Fifth Avenue
AN AUSTRIAN BRASS-INLAID ASH AND FRUITWOOD WORK TABLE
Lot 187

AN AUSTRIAN BRASS-INLAID ASH AND FRUITWOOD WORK TABLE

CIRCA 1820-30

Closed27 January 2021

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AN AUSTRIAN BRASS-INLAID ASH AND FRUITWOOD WORK TABLE
CIRCA 1820-30
With circular hinged crossbanded top centrally inlaid with a radiating medallion opening to an interior fitted with various shaped compartments and spools, the top reversing to a later mirrored panel, above a frieze inlaid with interlaced roundels, the circular body inlaid with torches on sabre legs joined by an incurved triangular undertier and ending in cloven feet
30 in. (76.5 cm.) high, 19 ½ in. (49.5 cm.) diameter

Acquired from Kenneth Neame Ltd, London, February, 1984.

Specialist note

A design for a closely related work table, executed by a student in Carl Schmidt’s drawing school, Vienna, circa 1825, is illustrated in G. Himmelheber, Biedermeier Furniture, London, 1974, fig. 12.