A GERMAN WALNUT, FRUITWOOD AND PARQUETRY CENTER TABLE

LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A GERMAN WALNUT, FRUITWOOD AND PARQUETRY CENTER TABLE
LATE 18TH CENTURY
The rectangular top with central lozenge and concentric rectangular banding above a frieze-drawer with simulated fluting and on square tapering legs, the underside of the drawer and table branded 'TT' beneath a coronet, with various inscriptions and labels, the top relaid
30½ in. (78 cm.) high, 37 in. (94 cm.) wide, 29½ in. (75 cm.) deep
The drawer inscribed in pencil to underside 'P1775' and 'StE18297', the back of the drawer with paper label inscribed 'StE18297', the inside of the drawer with white label inscribed in black ink 'P1775', a fragmentary red label printed '..3962', a white label inscribed in blue pen '19.3.80 v. Schloss Hovis' and in black ink '...651 375'

来源

The Princely Collection Thurn & Taxis, St. Emmeran, Germany, sold Sotheby's House Sale, 12 - 15 October 1993, lot 40.

拍品专文

THURN UND TAXIS
The family of Thurn und Taxis came into wealth with Ruggiero de Tasso (d. circa 1514), who established a post system through the alps. His brother Franz, who also took up the profession along with the other two siblings, obtained the official title as Postmaster at Ghent from Philip, Duke of Burgundy, later King of Spain in 1500. He subsequently received the same title for numerous important cities within the Empire. The family's wealth increased tremendously with this post and they were made Counts of the Empire in 1608 and Princes of the Holy Roman Empire. Originally with main seat in Austria, the family built palaces in Brussels and Frankfurt. After being appointed Prinzipalkommissar, Charles VII's representative, in 1742, the family seat was moved to Regensburg, the seat of the Emperor. They acquired the monastry of St. Emmeran in 1753 and refurbished it completely in 1816 and made further changes throughout the 19th century.