Vienna Globe Table Burl wood, fruitwoods, oak... Lot 899

Vienna Globe Table Burl wood, fruitwoods, oak and ebonized wood on oak, iron locks. On a Corinthian column and three-pass base. Upper spherical segment hinged backwards as a lid. Inside a miniature architecture with portico, in front three compartments with lids, behind a secret box. Elderly restored shrinkage cracks and flaws, the entire surface sealed with reddish varnish. H 97, diameter 53 cm. Vienna, late 19th century. Globe tables were one of the highlights of Viennese cabinetmaking during the Biedermeier period. Difficult to construct, only a few were made. However, as they contributed to the cabinetmakers' training as draughtsmen, many more designs of these tables exist. Literature Cf. Himmelheber, Biedermeier furniture, Düsseldorf 1978, fig. 35 f. Cf. Eller, Möbel des Klassizismus, Louis XVI und Empire, Munich 2002, fig. 461.