Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstätte
BROOCH
Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstätte
BROOCH
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Date around 1909
Period 20th century
Origin Austria, Vienna
Medium silver, Chased and hammered, Mother-of-pearl, Remains of gold plating
Dimension 1.8 x 4 cm (0³/₄ x 1⁵/₈ inches)
Designed by: Josef Hoffmann, around 1909
Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte, model no. G 1039/ G956
Originally the brooch was part of the collier model no. G 956
Date: around 1909
Period: 20th century
Origin: Austria, Vienna
Medium: silver, Chased and hammered, Mother-of-pearl, Remains of gold plating
Signature: Marked: WW, rose mark, Austrian hallmark - head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), A, ST (maker’s mark for Stanislaus Teyc)
Dimension: 1.8 x 4 cm (0³/₄ x 1⁵/₈ inches)
Provenance:
Private collection, Austria
Literature:
Wiener Werkstätte archives, Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna, design drawing inv. no. KI 12149-7, model no. G 1039; a contemporary photograph is preserved in the Wiener Werkstätte archives at the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna, inv. no. WWF 92-65-1, G 956
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Viennese Jugendstil, Secessionist Movement
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