A BIEDERMEIER WALNUT WRITING TABLE

SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A BIEDERMEIER WALNUT WRITING TABLE
Second quarter 19th century
In the manner of Josef Danhauser, the rectangular top with rounded ends above a frieze drawer on columnar uprights and trestle supports joined by a stretcher
31in. (79cm.) high, 50¼in. (27.5cm.) wide, 26¾in. (68cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This table with its distinctive columnar supports and oval top relates to a design by the noted Viennese designer Josef Danhauser, dated in 1820 and illustrated in G. Himmelheber, Die Kunst des Deutschen Möbel, 1973, fig. 353. Related writing tables by Danhauser are illustrated in G. Himmelheber, op. cit., figs. 367-368.