A Wiener Werkstätte white painted Dressing Chest, designed by Koloman Moser for the dressing room of the Berlin apartment of Dr. Jerome and Margaret Stonborough in circa 1904, ensuite with lot 78, original rectangular mirror in concave edged surround, above three drawers, each with white metal central recessed loop handles, c.1904

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A Wiener Werkstätte white painted Dressing Chest, designed by Koloman Moser for the dressing room of the Berlin apartment of Dr. Jerome and Margaret Stonborough in circa 1904, ensuite with lot 78, original rectangular mirror in concave edged surround, above three drawers, each with white metal central recessed loop handles, c.1904
184cm. high, 59.25cm. wide, 49cm. deep

Provenance

Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein, thence by descent, until c.1988

Lot Essay

Compare with the washstand unit from the same interior, illustrated Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Vol. XVIII ,1905/6, p.160, and showing the same handles as the present piece, (reproduced right)

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