Globe worktables were among the most finely crafted pieces made by the Biedermeier cabinetmakers, and are extremely rare. The globe form. with its interpenetrating hemispheres and fitted interior displays a high degree of technical mastery. The carved figure is illustrated in G. Himmelheber, Kunst des Biedermeier 1815-1835, 1989, fig. 105. Another globe table similarly decorated with astrological symbols is illustrated in A. Wilkie, Biedermeier, 1987, p. 101, fig. 92.