Magnificent centre table with the alliance coat of arms of Agnes von Württemberg and Prince Heinrich XIV Reuß

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8.000 € - 12.000 €

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Description:

German or Italy, dated 1883
77 x 129 x 75 cm
Ebonised wood, root wood, mahogany, etc. Remnants of colouration. Rich wood carving and ornamental gilding to legs, brass mountings around top rim. The central coat of arms with brass and pewter inlays, flanked by the dates 1858 and 1883. At the bottom of table top some inventory labels "Privateigenthum Sr. D. des Fürsten Heinrich XIV Reuß i.I." with no. 1337 a.o. On four brass castors. Rest, age damages.
Formerly the Princely House of Reuss. German private collection
Princess Agnes von Württemberg (1835-1886) was the daughter of Duke Eugen von Württemberg and Princess Helene zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg. She married Prince Heinrich XIV von Reuß of the Younger Line at her parents' castle in Carlsruhe on 6 February 1858. The couple had two children. As the prince's wife she founded numerous foundations and institutes, and was also active as a writer under the pseudonym Angelica Hohenstein. Heinrich XIV Prince Reuss of the younger line (1832-1913) was an Imperial Prince from the House of Reuss, since 1867 Heinrich was Prince of the Principality of Reuss of the Younger Line, since 1902 also Regent of the Older Line. The date of 1883 indicates a gift for the golden wedding anniversary of the Reuß - Württemberg couple, who had married in 1858.

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