An early Biedermeier fall-front desk,
so-called Metternich form, c. 1820/25, walnut-veneered softwood frame with profiled cornice, pilaster strips with cross-banded maple veins, 1 cornice drawer, hinged top veneered with mahogany, interior finely veneered with burl wood, portico with alabaster columns and mirrored niche decoration, top drawer with aedicule and bronze fittings, 8 interior drawers, 2 drawers below the niche, 2-door lower section, c. 142 x 90 x 43 cm, partly cracked, several signs of age and use, a few veneer replacements and losses. (DOC)
Specialist: Alexander Doczy
Alexander Doczy
+43-1-515 60-302
alexander.doczy@dorotheum.at
12.04.2021 - 16:05
- Starting bid:
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EUR 1,600.-
An early Biedermeier fall-front desk,
so-called Metternich form, c. 1820/25, walnut-veneered softwood frame with profiled cornice, pilaster strips with cross-banded maple veins, 1 cornice drawer, hinged top veneered with mahogany, interior finely veneered with burl wood, portico with alabaster columns and mirrored niche decoration, top drawer with aedicule and bronze fittings, 8 interior drawers, 2 drawers below the niche, 2-door lower section, c. 142 x 90 x 43 cm, partly cracked, several signs of age and use, a few veneer replacements and losses. (DOC)
Specialist: Alexander Doczy
Alexander Doczy
+43-1-515 60-302
alexander.doczy@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Asiatics, Works of Art and furniture |
| Auction type: | Online auction |
| Date: | 12.04.2021 - 16:05 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | online |