Lot Essay
A related etagère by the firm of Anton Bembé of Mainz, for which the design appears in the firm's trade catalogue of 1836, is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer, Zopf- und Biedermeier Möbel, 1991, p. 100.
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A BIEDERMEIER SATIN BIRCH ETAGÈRE
SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
With moulded foliate-carved cornice above turned uprights with lotus leaf-carved collars, the base carved with anthemia on acanthus-carved stepped plinth-51in. (130cm.) high, 24½in. (62cm.) wide, 18½in. (47cm.) deep
SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
With moulded foliate-carved cornice above turned uprights with lotus leaf-carved collars, the base carved with anthemia on acanthus-carved stepped plinth-51in. (130cm.) high, 24½in. (62cm.) wide, 18½in. (47cm.) deep