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.

Alkuperä - Provenienssi

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.

Kirjallisuus

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.

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