The von Essen Haupt table, by Georg Haupt (master in Stockholm 1770-1784), not signed.
Veneered with birch, jacaranda, maple and ebony. Mounts of gilded brass. Loose red japanese lacquered tray from the second half of the 1800's (In a letter from the early 1880s, the table describes as the "French table with inlays and red varnish tray"). Diam 52 cm, height 75 cm.
Later tray, veneer repairs.
Provenance
According to the family: von Liewen/de Geer af Leufsta/von Essen, Wijk castle.
Carl Reinhold von Essen's (1868-1949) home, Karlavägen 23, Stockholm.
Literature
Svenska hem i ord och bilder, Stockholm 1932, Count Carl Reinhold von Essen and Countess Brita born De la Gardie, Karlavägen 23, the table pictured p. 228 and described p. 230.
