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Indeed, this tea-table was designed for Fischel's flat, which was furnished with Biedermeier pieces inherited from his grandfather.\r\nThe copper feet and fittings, however, and the arrangement of the table with glazed sides that hinge open, and shelves to hold tea accessories, root this table firmly in the Vienna Secession style of the early 1900s.","physicalDescription":"A rectangular shaped tea-table with four geometrically cut-out mahogany uprights forming the canted corners, each with the foot capped in copper and with a castor, the top pierced to provide a lifting handle. One wooden shelf, two glazed tiers above. The sides between the glass tiers are enclosed with framed glass panels, hinged along the bottom. 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His furniture was designed to fit in with early 19th-century Biedermeier furniture which he had inherited from his grandfather. 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