ATTRIBUTED TO JOSEPH-EMMANUEL ZWIENER, PARIS, CIRCA 1890

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD, SATINE AND BOIS DE BOUT MARQUETRY TABLE
ATTRIBUTED TO JOSEPH-EMMANUEL ZWIENER, PARIS, CIRCA 1890
The serpentine top inlayed with loose floral marquetry, above two frieze drawers
29 ¼ in. (75 cm.) high, 36 in. (91.2 cm.) wide, 24 in. (61 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

A related design, fitted as a double-tiered table à thé, is illustrated J. Meiner, Berliner Belle Epoque: Der Ebenist Julius Zwiener und Kunstmöbel für den Hof Kaiser Wilhelms II (1888-1918), Berlin, 2014, p. 39.

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