EARLY 19TH CENTURY, THE VERRE EGLOMISÉ PANEL MID-19TH CENTURY

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A VIENNESE ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY FIRESCREEN
Early 19th Century, the verre eglomisé panel mid-19th Century
The triangular pediment mounted with a brûle parfum and flanked by griffins, the associated verre eglomisé panel decorated with a canary among flowers, surrounded by feathers and scrolls, on a foliate-decorated ground, flanked by two turned columns with foliate capitals to either side, above a pierced trellis border and on scrolling end-supports, on ball feet
46 in. (117 cm.) high; 38 in. (96 cm.) wide; 14 in. (35 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The Grecian pediment and Pompeian pillars reflect the Austrian variants of the Empire fashion popularised by F.J. Bertuch and G.M. Kraus, Journal des Luxus und der Moden, which was published in Weimar in 1801. A group of closely related furniture, including side and games tables, buffets, commodes, but also chairs and settees, made for Palais Auersperg in Vienna circa 1800, was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, lots 175-198.

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