Lot 197
197
A PAIR OF AUSTRIAN BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY SIDE KLAP-BUFFETS, each with hinged stepped rectangular top enclosing an oak-lined interior with two hinged shelves, with moulded cornice above three panelled doors divided by fluted pilasters and each enclosing two shelves, one with with one fitted drawer, the foliate lockplates with hinged Apollo mask covers, on plinth base, early 19th Century, variations in construction

Details
A PAIR OF AUSTRIAN BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY SIDE KLAP-BUFFETS, each with hinged stepped rectangular top enclosing an oak-lined interior with two hinged shelves, with moulded cornice above three panelled doors divided by fluted pilasters and each enclosing two shelves, one with with one fitted drawer, the foliate lockplates with hinged Apollo mask covers, on plinth base, early 19th Century, variations in construction
76in. (193cm.) wide; 39½in. (101cm.) high; 26¼in. (67cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
Supplied to the Auersperg family for Palais Auersperg, Vienna in the early 19th Century.

Moved to their hunting retreat in the second half of the 19th Century

Lot Essay

A related design is illustrated in Journal des Luxus und der Moden, F.J. Bertuch and G.M. Kraus, Weimar, 1801

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