A MATCHED SUITE OF AUSTRIAN BIEDERMEIER WALNUT, FIGURED-WALNUT AND PEN-ENGRAVED FRUITWOOD SEAT FURNITURE

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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR (LOTS 624-627)

A MATCHED SUITE OF AUSTRIAN BIEDERMEIER WALNUT, FIGURED-WALNUT AND PEN-ENGRAVED FRUITWOOD SEAT FURNITURE

SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A MATCHED SUITE OF AUSTRIAN BIEDERMEIER WALNUT, FIGURED-WALNUT AND PEN-ENGRAVED FRUITWOOD SEAT FURNITURE
SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Comprising a sofa, two armchairs and two side chairs, each with tablet top-rail centred by a fruitwood roundel above a pierced spindle filled rectangular back and padded seat covered in striped cotton; and a conforming circular centre table
The sofa 135 cm. wide; The table 80 cm. high x 80 cm. diam. (6)

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Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €20,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €20,001 and €800.000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €800.000. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

Lot Essay

A chair of this basic model, i.e. with pierced rectangular spindle filled back is illustrated in Vienne 1815-1848. Un nouvel art de vivre à l'époque Biedermeier Paris, 1990, p. 80. The present set with its caracteristic simulated marquetry and figured-walnut stem from the later Biedermeier period.

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