VC-05-63

Exceptional Danhauser Oval Desk

Vienna; c.1825 Walnut veneer H:30.5” Top: 50”x 30.5” Lit: ‘Biedermeier – The invention of simplicity’ Exhibition catalogue, Milwaukee Art Museum/ Albertina, Vienna, 2006/7 – Section I-8 - Christian Witt-Doerring, Tea-Tables from the Danhauser Furniture Workshop, MAK-Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, 1989, No. 31 - Wilkie, Biedermeier, NY 1987, p.64 This exceptional table originates from the most prolific Viennese cabinet maker during the Biedermeier era, Josef Danhauser. His pieces reflect innovative design and highest quality craftsmanship. This can be witnessed in the two conic fluted columns supporting the oval top, which incorporates one drawer with lock. This table is comparable in design to the Biedermeier table from the Danhauser Furniture factory, which is in the collection of the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna. The Museum also owns the original drawing. A very similar table was exhibited at the Milwaukee Art Museum, as part of the exhibition, Biedermeier – Invention of Simplicity. This exhibition traveled to Vienna, Austria from where it made its way to Berlin and Paris (2007).