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A Tibetan Tangka, a classical Buddhist scroll with     
hieratically prescribed shapes for eyes, clouds, water,
etc. The scroll tells of the life and deeds of         
Tsongkhapa Blobzan Gragspa, a Lama saint and reformer  
(1357-1419). Canvas, 2 x 3 m
#05010369

A Tibetan Tangka, a classical Buddhist scroll with hieratically prescribed...

A Tibetan Tangka, a classical Buddhist scroll with     
hieratically prescribed shapes for eyes, clouds, water,
etc. The scroll tells of the life and deeds of         
Tsongkhapa Blobzan Gragspa, a Lama saint and reformer  
(1357-1419). Detail, canvas, 3 x 2 m
#05010370

A Tibetan Tangka, a classical Buddhist scroll with hieratically prescribed...

"Working-cabinet" with music-clock, 1776.Marquetry,
mainly acorn wood, also rosewood, gilded bronze
fittings. Clock and its mechanism by Peter Kinzing.
Made for Prince Karl of Lothringen. A similar cabinet was made for Louis XIV, who,according to his diary, "1779,mois d'avril le 11, j'ai paye aux Allemands  pour une grande commode 2.400 livres". It disappeared during the First Empire.
Inv. H 269
#30010621

"Working-cabinet" with music-clock, 1776.Marquetry, mainly acorn wood, also ros...

Chest - commode - intarsia, various woods, gilded      
bronze fittings, marble top. Center panel: basket      
with fruit and flowers. Paris, 1778. Inv.H 1969        
From the "Cabinet de retraite" of Louis XVI in         
Fontainebleau. Gift of Clarisse Rothschild.
#30010622

Chest - commode - intarsia, various woods, gilded bronze fittings, marble...

Settee, pear-wood, black, damask. Around  1830-1835    
H:96 cm, B:175 cm                                      
From Schloss Wetzdorf, Lower Austria.
#30010624

Settee, pear-wood, black, damask. Around 1830-1835 H:96 cm, B:175 cm...

Settee - "Kanapee" - around 1820-30.                   
Cherry-wood, H: 93 cm, L:182 cm                        
Produced in Danhauser's Furniture Factory, Vienna.     
Inv. H 2.726
#30010625

Settee - "Kanapee" - around 1820-30. Cherry-wood, H: 93 cm, L...

Sideboard, made by Gillows, London.                    
Around 1870
#30010627

Sideboard, made by Gillows, London. Around 1870

Sideboard, intarsia ornaments, marble top.             
Vienna, around 1870                                    
Inv. H 2045
#30010628

Sideboard, intarsia ornaments, marble top. Vienna, around 1870...

Sideboard, marquetry, flower- and ribbon-ornaments.    
Around 1888                                            
Inv. H 678
#30010629

Sideboard, marquetry, flower- and ribbon-ornaments. Around 1888...

"Kabinettschrank mit Konsoltisch", Vienna,around 1894  
Design R. Feldscharek, made by Heinrich Irmler.        
H 858
#30010630

"Kabinettschrank mit Konsoltisch", Vienna,around 1894 Design R. Feldscharek, m...

Wardrobe for a bedroom. Vienna, around 1890            
Inv. H 1672                                            
Made by "Benda-Moebel".
#30010631

Wardrobe for a bedroom. Vienna, around 1890 Inv. H 1672...

Depeschenbuero "Die Zeit" 1902 (reconstruction)        
(Telegraph office "Die Zeit"), demolished around 1908, 
reconstructed for 1985 exhibit "Dream and Reality"     
in Vienna
#300201 1

Depeschenbuero "Die Zeit" 1902 (reconstruction) (Telegraph office "Die Z...