Fine 20th Century Design & An Important Private Collection of Art Deco Figures

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Lot 98
  • 98

Richard Riemerschmid

Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • A desk
  • 80cm. high by 140cm. wide by 70cm. deep;
  • 2ft. 7½in., 4ft. 7in., 2ft. 3½in.
stained oak, steel mounts, each side with a frieze drawer above a cupboard door enclosing shelves

Exhibited

A desk of this design exhibited: 3rd Deutsche Kunstgewerbeausstellung, Dresden, 1906.

Literature

Dekorative Kunst, issue no. 9, Munich, 1906, p. 215;

Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, issue no. IV.5, 1906, pp. 255, 256, 264;

Dresdner Hausgerät, price book, 1910, p. 37 and price book 1911, p. 45;

Hans Wichmann, Aufbruch zum neuen Wohnen, Basel/Stuttgart, 1978, p 72;

Winfried Nerdinger (ed.), Richard Riemerschmid vom Jugendstil zum Werkbund, Technische Universität München, Münchner Stadtmuseum, Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg, exhibition catalogue, Munich, 1982, pp. 202-203, no. 136a.

Catalogue Note

Another example of this design sold in these rooms, Pioneering 20th Century Design: The Torsten Bröhan Collection, 8th March 2005, lot 88.