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Lot Essay
This large centre table, which balanced the chandelier in the neo-classical Rittersaal at Schloss Niederstotzingen, rests on an exaggerated hexagonal foot mounted with Gothick brass mounts and relates to a similar table, executed in Munich around 1830, which belonged to Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria (1795-1875). (H. Kreisel G. Himmelheber, Die Kunst des Deutschen Möbels, Munich, 1970, Vol. III, p. 118 and fig. 488)
The black-painted decoration seems to have been a speciality of Munich and was developed and perfected by Johann Georg Hiltl (1771-1845) around 1810, who exhibited his furniture at the Münchner Austellungen in 1818 and 1819. He enjoyed considerable acclaim for his work and was described as der berühmte Möbelfabrikant in the Journal des Luxus und der Moden of 1810. (G. Himmelheber, Biedermeiermöbel, Munich, 1987, p. 49)
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The black-painted decoration seems to have been a speciality of Munich and was developed and perfected by Johann Georg Hiltl (1771-1845) around 1810, who exhibited his furniture at the Münchner Austellungen in 1818 and 1819. He enjoyed considerable acclaim for his work and was described as der berühmte Möbelfabrikant in the Journal des Luxus und der Moden of 1810. (G. Himmelheber, Biedermeiermöbel, Munich, 1987, p. 49)
See illustration