CIRCA 1860, ATTRIBUTED TO EDWIN OPPLER, HANOVER

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A ROYAL GERMAN BRASS-STUDDED PINE CENTRE TABLE
CIRCA 1860, ATTRIBUTED TO EDWIN OPPLER, HANOVER
The lattice frieze with a drawer, on splayed legs joined by an undertier and stretchers, the legs at each end joined by X-stetchers
30¾ in. (79 cm.) high; 48 in. (122 cm.) wide; 32½ in. (83 cm.) deep

Provenance

Supplied to George V of Hanover (d.1878) for Schloss Marienburg, Hanover and by descent in the Royal House of Hanover to Ernst, Prince of Hanover, until sold Sotheby's house sale, 5-15 October 2005.

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Lot Essay

George V of Hanover commissioned Edwin Oppler in 1860 to build his hill-top summer residence Schloss Marienburg in a late-medieval style. A similar table, designed by Oppler for Marienburg circa 1866, is illustrated in H. Kriesel, Die Kunst des Deutchen Mobels, pl.876. Oppler, who was Jewish, is best known as the architect of a number of important German synagogues, including the New Synagogue in Hanover designed in the Romanesque style.

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