Josef Hoffmann
ARMCHAIR
Josef Hoffmann
ARMCHAIR
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Date 1914
Period Early 20th century
Origin Vienna
Dimension 81 x 68.5 x 55 cm (31⁷/₈ x 27 x 21⁵/₈ inches)
Designed by: Josef Hoffmann, Vienna, 1914
Executed by: J. & J. Kohn, mod. no 816, comp. mod. No. T 816, chair, from 1914 on
Marked: Branding stamp and company paper label J. & J. Kohn
Bent beech wood, stained, surface cleaned and slightly repolished, excellent original condition.
H 81 cm, SH 46 cm, W 68.5 cm, D 55 cm
Wiener Werkstätte used the chair "J. & J. Kohn, Model No. T 826", designed by Josef Hoffman, for its fashion department and for some other furnishings, including of the ‘Poldihütte’, and also for the apartment / salon of Berta Zuckerkandl on the floor above the Café Landtmann in Vienna’s first district next to the Burgtheater. Alongside the chairs, the armchair is an iconographic piece of seating furniture rarely available for purchase.
Date: 1914
Period: Early 20th century
Origin: Vienna
Dimension: 81 x 68.5 x 55 cm (31⁷/₈ x 27 x 21⁵/₈ inches)
Provenance:
private property, Austria
Literature:
Ref.: J. & J. Kohn sales cat., 1916, p. 18; E. F. Sekler, Josef Hoffmann, Das architektonische Werk, Salzburg, 1982, p. 376; G. Renzi, Il mobile moderno, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, p. 259
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Viennese Jugendstil, Secessionist Movement
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