BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER JULIUS RAPPOPORT, ST PETERSBURG, 1904-1908, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 14251

Full-size furniture by Fabergé is extremely rare. Fabergé produced only a limited number of tables and showcases, mostly in the workshops of Julius Rappoport, Karl Armfelt, and in Moscow. Furniture was manufactured either by creating pieces using unusual materials, such as nephrite and silver (see a silver-mounted nephrite gueridon table, lot 23), or by enhancing wooden furniture with silver mounts, like the present lot.

A comparable silver-mounted wooden table with a nephrite top in neoclassical style was sold at Christie's, London, 25 November 2019, lot 239. Another comparable mahogany table with silver mounts was sold at Sotheby's, New York, 1 December 1998, lot 306.