VIENNA, CIRCA 1815-25

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AN AUSTRIAN EBONISED ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND PARCEL-GILT CENTRE TABLE
VIENNA, CIRCA 1815-25
The circular hinged top mounted with a Vitruivian scroll border above a flared tri-form column with concave sides and canted angles terminating in ram's heads, on a conforming plinth, the surface restored and re-ebonised
30½ in. (77 cm.) high; 58 in. (147 cm.)

Provenance

with Antonie Cheneviere, Paris.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

Lot Essay

The restrained neoclassical lines of this centre table can be traced to designs in the Journal des Luxus und der Moden, published monthly between 1786 and 1827 in Weimar by F.J. Bertuch and G.J. Kraus. The journal which reported on the newest fashion developments from the most important capitals of Europe, popularised French and English designs in Austria and Germany. Austria, however, assimilated less than Germany to the opulence of French models and kept a restraining delicacy in the lines and decoration of its furniture.

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