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Gebrüder Thonet

Twelve Chairs, Six Armchairs

Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Date 1904

Period 20th century

Origin Vienna

Medium bent beech stained to rosewood and polished

Dimension 103.89 x 54.1 x 57.91 cm (41 x 21¹/₄ x 22⁷/₈ inches)

The pieces from the 511 series, which includes a desk, chairs, armchairs, a settee and a rocking chair, are amongst the most elegant Jugendstil furniture ever produced by Gebrüder Thonet. Even today it has not been possible to determine the designer. The most likely would be Marcel Kammerer. It was certainly not Josef Hoffmann since at this time he was accepting commissions from the competition: J. &. J. Kohn.

Date: 1904

Period: 20th century

Origin: Vienna

Medium: bent beech stained to rosewood and polished

Dimension: 103.89 x 54.1 x 57.91 cm (41 x 21¹/₄ x 22⁷/₈ inches)

Literature: ref.: sales cat. Gebrüder Thonet, 1904, ill. p. 119; D. E. Ostergard (ed.), Bent Wood and Metal Furniture 1850–1946, 1987, p. 250, fig. 49 c; G. Renzi, Il mobile moderno, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, p. 122 f

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