Octagonal-top side table in moulded mahogany, cedar, mahogany veneer and jacaranda.

Most likely made in Ludwig Alter's studio in Darmstadt.

Circa 1902-1904.

Height: 75.5 cm – Length: 105 cm – Width: 105 cm

Exhibitions and related works:

- International Exhibition of Modern Decorative Arts – Turin, 1902. Several variations of our coffee table, differing in size and shape (with a circular top, a saddle-shaped top with broken corners, as a dining table, etc.), were exhibited at this event.

- 1904 World’s fair – Saint-Louis, Missouri, from April 30 to December 1st, 1904. One variation – a pedestal table with a circular top – was exhibited at this event in Hall 44B.

Bibliography and related works:

- Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration – Band XI – October 1902 – March 1903. Variations on pages 34, 35 and 37 in the form of stools, pages 38, 39 and 40 in the form of a dining table and page 43 in the form of a pedestal table with a circular top.

- Présentation d’Hermann Warlich – Wohnung und Hausrat – Beispiele neuzeitlitcher wohn-räme und ihrer ausstatung – F. Bruckmann A.-G Editions, Münich, 1908. Variation, in the form of a pedestal table, reproduced on page 12.

- Alexander Koch, Georg Fuchs and F.H. Newbery – L’Exposition des Arts Décoratifs modernes à Turin 1902 – Librairie des arts décoratifs, Darmstadt, 1902. Variations in the form of a saddle, pedestal table with circular top and dining table reproduced on pages 138, 139, 141, 142, 143, 144 and 147.

- Peter Behrens und Nürnberg – Catalogue of the exhibition held from September 20 to November 9, 1980 at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nüremberg – Prestel Editions, Munich, 1980. Variation, in the form of a pedestal table with a circular top, reproduced on page 266.

- Fritz Hoeber – Peter Behrens – Georg Müller & Eugen Rentsch Editions, Münich, 1913. Variation, in the form of a pedestal table with a circular top, reproduced on page 266.

- Vittorio Pica – L’arte decorativa all’Esposizione di Torino 1902 – Instituto Italiano d’arte grafiche Editions, Bergamo, 1903. Variation, in the form of a saddle, reproduced on page 303.

- Descriptive catalog of the German arts and crafts at the Universal Exposition St Louis 1904 – Imperial German Commission, 1904. Variation, in the form of a pedestal table with a circular belt, displayed in Hall 44B and reproduced on page 59.

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