Pair of tables, ca. 1905

Rosewood, aluminium, mother-of-pearl inlay
h. 70 cm - w. 65 cm - d. 46 cm

PROVENANCE : French art market, 1990's - Private collection, Paris, since 2002.

SIMILAR PIECES : An identical table, with an oval-shaped stretcher rather than straight, is in the collection of the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg, Germany.

LITERATURE : Margret Zimmerman-Degen, 'Hans Christiansen, Leben und Werk eines Jugendstil', 1985, page 259.