A SUITE OF AUSTRIAN MAHOGANY AND BRASS-INLAID MARQUETRY FURNITURE

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A SUITE OF AUSTRIAN MAHOGANY AND BRASS-INLAID MARQUETRY FURNITURE
Early 19th century
Including a sofa, two open armchairs and four side chairs, the sofa with tablet back with lozenges centered by flowers, the padded back, arms and feet covered in pink silk damask, on square tapering legs, the chairs each with stylised foliate roundel, above a pierced splat with reeds and floral elements, above a padded drop-in seat covered in pink silk damask, on square tapering legs, restorations and some losses, restorations to feet
The sofa 38 in. (96.5 cm.) high; 81 in. (206 cm.) wide; 26 in. (66 cm.) deep (7)

Lot Essay

This elegant suite of seat-furniture, delicately inlaid with pewter and contrasting woods, relates to designs for chairs by Gottlieb August Pohle, which were published in 1806. With their intricate and elongated forms, Pohle's designs demonstrate a whimsical aspect of the Viennese Empire style. A closely related set of chairs was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 19 May 1994, lot 198. These chairs were originally part of an important suite of furniture, which was supplied to Palais Auersperg in Vienna in the early 1800s. The suite was probably conceived to complement the remodelling of the palace in the classical style by Heinrich Fischer, which was completed in 1802. (See H. Kreisel G. Himmelheber, Die Kunst des Deutschen Möbels, Mnchen, 1970, Vol. III, figs 346-347).

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