A BIEDERMEIER CHERRYWOOD WORK-TABLE, early 19th Century

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A BIEDERMEIER CHERRYWOOD WORK-TABLE, early 19th Century

The circular tray-top with central mirror-backed hinged flap above pierced trellis sides and with a pleated material basket, on splayed legs and stylised claw-and-ball feet
22¾in. (57.5cm.) diam.; 25½in. (65cm.) high

Lot Essay

A Viennese design of circa 1829 for a work-table of this type is illustrated in J. Folnesics, Innenräume und Hausrat der Empire und Biedermeierzeit in Österreich-Ungarn, Vienna, 1922, p. 63. An executed table with straight splayed legs is illustrated in A. Wilkie, Biedermeier, New York, 1987, frontispiece to chapter I

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