Lot 882 D α

An ormolu-mounted convertible inlaid console table.

Auction 1039 - overview Cologne
14.11.2014, 14:30 - Porcelain, Ceramics, and Furniture
Estimate: 9.000 € - 12.000 €
Result: 29.760 € (incl. premium)

An ormolu-mounted convertible inlaid console table.

Curled wood, kingwood, rosewood, satinwood, coloured maple and ebonised wood on softwood. With brass and gilt bronze mountings, replaced felt. Can be converted to a card table via hinged back legs. With two Russian labels and a cyrillic mark beneath the top. Restored, subsequent minor shrinkage cracks, the veneer partially loose, some brass mountings lost, the felt replaced. H 75.5, W 101, D 101 cm.
Probably Russian, mid to 3rd quarter 18th C.

Literature

Cf. Kreisel, vol. 2, Munich 1970, illus. 669, for a similar, finely inlaid card table, localised to Vienna.