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An Exceptional Jugendstil Desk (c. 1905 Germany)

Artist

JOSEPH MARIA OLBRICH (1867-1908)

Country of Origin

Germany

Dated

c. 1905

Dimensions

65.00inch wide   38.25inch high   31.25inch deep
(165.10 cm wide  97.15 cm high  79.37 cm deep)


Exhibition History

This desk relates very closely to one Olbrich designed and was shown at the St. Louis World Exhibition of 1904.

Description / Expertise

An exceptional German, Jugendstil period desk based on a design by Joseph Maria Olbrich and made by Moritz Ballin, cabinetmaker to the Austrian Court. Ca. 1905. (See Ottomeyer and Ziffer, "Mobel des Neoklassizismus", Catalogue of the Furniture Collection of the Munich State Museum, 1993, pages 88-91.)
Executed in mahogany with geometric inlays of rosewood and horn and having two drawers in its superstructure, two tirettes and two doors enclosing shelves and English drawers. Signed on locks.