A GERMAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND FLORAL MARQUETRY WORK TABLE

IN THE MANNER OF THE SPINDLER BROTHERS, CIRCA 1750

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A GERMAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED TULIPWOOD AND FLORAL MARQUETRY WORK TABLE
In the manner of The Spindler Brothers, Circa 1750
The crossbanded serpentine oval top centered by a scrolled reserve of floral marquetry, lifting to a fitted interior, the sides, front, and back similarly-decorated, the right side fitted with a short drawer, on cabriole legs each headed by a pierced scrolled and acanthus-sheathed rocaille mounts above a ribbon-tied reeded chuts, and acanthus-sheathed scrolled sabot, bearing an oval metal tag stamped 236
27¼in. (69cm) high, 17¾in. (45cm) wide, 13¾in. (35cm) deep

Lot Essay

The Spindler Brothers were among the most important cabinetmakers to the courts at Bayreuth, Potsdam and Berlin. Notable mainly for their work at the Neues Palais for Frederick the Great, they produced fine furniture decorated with lavish floral marquetry and rich gilt-bronze mounts. Similar examples to the offered lot can be seen in H. Kreisel, Die Kunst des Deutchen Möbels, vol. ii, Munich, 1970, figs. 797 and 798. An occasional table of similar form the this example was sold Christie's London, 16 December 1999, lot 92. (#58,700)

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