DESIGNED BY RICHARD RIEMERSCHMID, CIRCA 1903, PROBABLY MANUFACTURED BY THE DRESDENER WERKSTÄTTEN

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A Leather and Oak Desk
Designed by Richard Riemerschmid, circa 1903, probably manufactured by the Dresdener Werkstätten
Central drawer flanked by cabinets opening to reveal sliding drawers
29½in. (79.5cm.) high; 78½in. (199cm.) wide; 37¼in. (94.5cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Cf: Winfried Nerdinger, Richard Riemerschmid vom Jugendstil zum Werkbund. Werke und Dokumente, Munich, 1982, Exhibition Catalogue, p. 179, Cat. No. 109

A very similar desk formed part of the interior of an office designed by Riemerschmid for the Sächsisches Ständehaus in Dresden in 1903.

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