Josef Hoffman
Small sideboard for the 1900 Paris World Exposition
Josef Hoffman
Small sideboard for the 1900 Paris World Exposition
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Date 1899
Period late 19th century
Origin Vienna
Dimension 192 x 79 x -0.45 cm (75⁵/₈ x 31¹/₈ x 20⁷/₈ inches)
Executed by: Anton Pospischil, Kunstmöbeltischlerei Wien
Solid walnut and veneer on pine, interior birds eye maple veneer, 6 drawers, numerous cut and facetted crystal-glass elements, mirror renewed, original fittings in copper or copper-plated brass, surface professionally repolished, very good condition.
Our sideboard was part of the dining room designed by Josef Hoffmann in 1899/1900 for the Paris Exposition. It was first presented in the Austrian Museum of Art and Industry in February 1900 in a pavilion specifically designed for the 1900 Paris Exposition.
In our TEFAF 2015 catalogue, we presented the large sideboard designed for the same room as catalogue number 1.
Date: 1899
Period: late 19th century
Origin: Vienna
Dimension: 192 x 79 x -0.45 cm (75⁵/₈ x 31¹/₈ x 20⁷/₈ inches)
Provenance: private collection, Germany
Literature:
Das Interieur, vol. 1, 1900, p. 33, plate 19
Exhibition:
MAK Vienna, Josef Hoffmann 1870-1956. Progress Through Beauty,
December 2021 until June 2022
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Viennese Jugendstil, Secessionist Movement
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