Lot No. 183


A writing cabinet with top element and Japanese-style porcelain pictures, Vienna, c. 1910/20


A writing cabinet with top element and Japanese-style porcelain pictures, Vienna, c. 1910/20 - Jugendstil and 20th Century Arts and Crafts

walnut wood and macassar veneer, the inside with veneered birchwood; the upper section with hinged two-door cabinet with two different polychromed porcelain pictures: Japanese-style depictions of birds on branches, with mountains in the background; all-round black moulded double strip and notched decoration; the inside with drawers and compartments; the lower part with extensible writing surface with round knobs; underneath two drawers with domed handles; narrow secret compartments on the side and in the middle; square openwork motifs in a stepped pattern on all four sides at the corners; four angular legs with sculpturally carved hexagonal band; the four legs are connected below with geometrically openwork motifs; with key, the latter marked H. Irmler Wien; signs of age and use; professionally restored; height 125.5 cm, width 97.3 cm, depth 45.0 cm. (MP)

Specialist: Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A. Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.
+43-1-515 60-383

magda.pfabigan@dorotheum.at

07.06.2023 - 16:31

Realized price: **
EUR 3,900.-
Estimate:
EUR 3,000.- to EUR 5,000.-
Starting bid:
EUR 3,000.-

A writing cabinet with top element and Japanese-style porcelain pictures, Vienna, c. 1910/20


walnut wood and macassar veneer, the inside with veneered birchwood; the upper section with hinged two-door cabinet with two different polychromed porcelain pictures: Japanese-style depictions of birds on branches, with mountains in the background; all-round black moulded double strip and notched decoration; the inside with drawers and compartments; the lower part with extensible writing surface with round knobs; underneath two drawers with domed handles; narrow secret compartments on the side and in the middle; square openwork motifs in a stepped pattern on all four sides at the corners; four angular legs with sculpturally carved hexagonal band; the four legs are connected below with geometrically openwork motifs; with key, the latter marked H. Irmler Wien; signs of age and use; professionally restored; height 125.5 cm, width 97.3 cm, depth 45.0 cm. (MP)

Specialist: Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A. Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.
+43-1-515 60-383

magda.pfabigan@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Jugendstil and 20th Century Arts and Crafts
Auction type: Online auction
Date: 07.06.2023 - 16:31
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 01.06. - 07.06.2023


** Purchase price excl. buyer's premium and VAT

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