Concealed Drawer for a Globe Sewing Table (Globustisch)
c. 1800–1810
- Medium
- Burl walnut veneer, mahogany, ebony, satinwood, gilt wood, painted wood
- Classification
- Furniture and woodwork
- Dimensions
- Overall: 5.3 x 8.6 x 5.5 cm (2 1/16 x 3 3/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
- Culture
- Austria, Vienna
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Decorative Art and Design
- Credit line
- Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
Work tables resembling globes were the usual form for a lady's sewing or writing table around 1800 in Austria. Combining moving parts, secret compartments, and highly finished decoration, these tables were also a way for the cabinetmaker to show off his skill. The tripod supports and temple-like architectural quality of both the exterior and interior decoration reflect the fashionable taste for neoclassical style, or Biedermeier as it was called in Austria, where Vienna was the center of such elaborate furniture production.
