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Lot Essay
Full-size furniture by Fabergé is extremely rare to come to the market, and only a few examples have survived at all.
As mentioned in the provenance, when first sold at Christie's, Geneva in 1977, the present table was part of the furniture decorating the apartment of Carl Fabergé on Morskaya Street (above the shop). Deserted but still furnished after Carl Fabergé left St Petersburg in 1918, the apartment was eventually rented by a Danish diplomat who, following a valuation, took over the furniture, including the present lot.
Fabergé produced a very small number of tables and showcases. The Fabergé workshops manufactured large furniture either by creating pieces using unusual materials, such as nephrite and silver (see a silver-mounted nephrite gueridon, sold at Christies, New York, 19 October 2001, lot 139), or by enhancing previously made wooden furniture with silver mounts and hardstone tops. Another comparable silver-mounted wooden table was sold at Christie's, London, 25 November 2003, lot 82.