Lot Essay
This elegant and sophisticated globustisch relates to a drawing for a similar table executed by Friedrich Paulus, a student in Carl Schmidt's drawing school in Vienna, circa 1825, illustrated in G. Himmelheber, Biedermeier Furniture, 1973, fig. 13.
Not surprisingly this unusual design proved to be much admired by esteemed patrons such as Queen Charlotte who bought a model as a birthday gift for Princess Augusta in 1810 (M. Joudain, Regency furniture, London 1965, p. 71 fig. 152).
A similar table was sold anonymously at Christie's New York, 27 September 1991 and a further example was sold anonymously at Christie's London, 7 June 1990, lot 186.
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Not surprisingly this unusual design proved to be much admired by esteemed patrons such as Queen Charlotte who bought a model as a birthday gift for Princess Augusta in 1810 (M. Joudain, Regency furniture, London 1965, p. 71 fig. 152).
A similar table was sold anonymously at Christie's New York, 27 September 1991 and a further example was sold anonymously at Christie's London, 7 June 1990, lot 186.
See illustration