Desk Design Richard Riemerschmid, 1903 Execution Deutsche Werkstätten für Handwerkskunst, Dresden-Hellerau, 1907 Mahogany, inside oak. Surrounding gallery with wooden nails. Cassette panels. Slightly curved frame and feet. Two doors with drawers. Centre drawer. Three drawers and shelves inside. Brass plaque RR (ligatured) on the side. Rest, traces of use. 83 x 149 x 73 cm. Copy of the original invoice from 1907 to Professor Walther Gebhardt, Berlin, available: 966 Marks for a living and master room (270 Marks for the desk) as well as a photo of the family in this furnishing. Literature: Nerdinger, Winfried, Richard Riemerschmid, vom Jugendstil zum Werkbund, Auss.-Kat. Munich City Museum, 26.11.1982-27.2.1983. Munich, 1982. p. 174 above (here Kiefer). Die Kunst. 1903/04, vol. X, p. 151. Exhibition: Exhibition of the Dresden Workshop for Craftsmanship, 1903. Catalogue DEWE "Handgearbeitete Möbel", 1909. ill. p. 70.