The overhanging top above one shelf and a box-form stretcher, raised on tapered legs. 31 x 48 x 32 in.  Note: George V of Hanover commissioned Edwin Oppler in 1860 to build his hill-top summer residences Schloss Marienburg in a late-medieval style. A similar table, designed by Oppler for Marienburg circa 1866, is illustrated in <I>H. Kriesel, Die Kunst des Deutchen Mobels,<P> pl. 876. oppler, who was Jewish, is best known as the architect of a number of important German synagogues, including the New Synagogue in Hanover designed in the Romanesque style.

Provenance: Supplied to George V of Hanover for Schloss Marienburg, Hanover and by descent inthe Royal House of Hanover to Ernst, Prince of Hanover, until sold Sotheby's house sale, October 5-15, 2005.