Royal armchair

from the Prussian king Frederic II

Lime wood, carved and gilded
Design:  Johann August Nahl the Elder (Berlin 1710-1785 Kassel)
Potsdam ca. 1740/45
Height: 102 cm, width: 91 cm, depth: 58 cm

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Longcase clock

Case: Walnut with marquetry work
Ephraim Regendanz (active in the 18th century)
Breslau ca. 1760/70
Clockface signed: EPHRAIM REGENDANZ Meisterstück BRESLAU
Height: 258 cm
Dimensions of clockface: 32 x 32 cm, total height including round arch: 45.3 cm, weights: clockwork mechanism: 5.35 kg, chiming mechanism: 5.5 kg, glockenspiel mechanism: 22 kg

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Caspar Escher

(born in Hanau 1755, active 1783-after 1792)

Roll-top writing desk
Mahogany, ormolu mounts, leather
Hanau dated 1792
Signed and dated: „Gemacht von Mstr. Caspar Escher Hanau im Jahre 1792“
Height: 133 cm, width: 118 cm, depth: 68 cm

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Adam Weisweiler

(Korschenbroich/Germany 1746-1820 Paris, active since 1777)

Writing desk
Amboyana wood, gilt bronze mounts, hardly gilt and patinated
Four bronze patinated legs in the form of sphinxes attributed to Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751-1843)
Paris Directoire 1795-1799
Height: 76.5 cm, width: 153 cm,  depth: 78 cm

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Lyra writing desk

Mahagony and various exotic woods, bronze-gilt fittings, black and gold embellishments
Vienna ca. 1812
Height: 145 cm, width: 103 cm, depth: 47 cm

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Guéridon “wind toys“

Zinc casting, gilding
Berlin ca. 1846
Design: Johann Heinrich Strack (Bückeburg 1805-1880 Berlin)
Execution: Zinkgussfirma Geiß
Height: 83 cm, diameter: 67 cm

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Eduard Tilgner

(active in Malkwitz nr. Breslau (Wroclaw) ca. 1869)

Collector’s cabinet for Professor Dr. Lebert
Mahagony, partly ebonised, gilt bronze strips and gilt bronze fittings
Breslau dated 1869
Height: 152 cm, width: 86.5 cm, depth: 58.5 cm

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Theophil von Hansen

(Copenhagen 1813-1891 Vienna)

Eight-armed chandelier
Bronze, fire-gilt, glass shades
Vienna ca. 1876
Execution: the firm of D. Hollenbachs Erben Vienna
Height: 135 cm, diameter: 75 cm

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Francesco Grandi

(Sorrente 1841-1934)

Guéridon
Rosewood, amaranth, fruitwood, ivory marquetry, pen engraved
Italy ca. 1878
Signed: Inv. M. Grandi, Inscription: F. Grandi-Fece
Height: 84 cm, diameter: 94 cm

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Rafael Contreras

(Granada 1826-1890)

Bibliotheque
Mahagony, Thuya, ebony and ebony and ebonised wood, electroplate and marquetry in ivory
Alhambra (Granada) ca. 1890
Rückseitig auf Messingplakette bezeichnet: Signed: 'R CONTRERAS é HIJO/Alhambra/GRANADA'
Height: 249 cm, length: 138.5 cm, depth: 58.5 cm

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Enrique Linares

(active in Granada ca. 1883)

Mirador Lindaraja, Alhambra, Granada
Plaster, marble, polychrom painting, walnut frame
Alhambra (Granada) ca. 1890
Signed: No 24 / Enrique Linares / ES PROPIEDAD
Height: 94 cm

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