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Lot Essay
With similarities in form and handles to a desk included in a sale of Important European Furniture, Christies, London, 2nd Dec' 1998, lot 159.
With similarties to a desk at Schloss Moritzburg dating from the 1740s (G. Haase Dresdener Möbel um 18 Jahrhunderts, Leipzig, 1983, p.304, fig.119).
The escutcheon and handle displaying the Augustus Rex (d.1733) conjoined 'AR' cypher and his palm framed oval shields ensigned with the Imperial crown is on a commode in the Residenzschloss, Dresden (op.cit. fig.126, cat.38).
With similarties to a desk at Schloss Moritzburg dating from the 1740s (G. Haase Dresdener Möbel um 18 Jahrhunderts, Leipzig, 1983, p.304, fig.119).
The escutcheon and handle displaying the Augustus Rex (d.1733) conjoined 'AR' cypher and his palm framed oval shields ensigned with the Imperial crown is on a commode in the Residenzschloss, Dresden (op.cit. fig.126, cat.38).