Josef Hoffmann
OUTSTANDING PAIR OF CENTREPIECES
Josef Hoffmann
OUTSTANDING PAIR OF CENTREPIECES
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Date 1920
Period 20th century
Origin Austria, Vienna
Medium Brass, chased and hammered
Dimension 15 x 26 cm (5⁷/₈ x 10¹/₄ inches)
executed by: Wiener Werkstätte
These two centrepieces are of outstanding quality. They can be dismantled into a number of parts and are thus relatively easy to clean. It is interesting that when centrepieces and other large objects were made from a single material it was not customary for them to be made in pieces. Despite an intensive search of the WW archives at the MAK, we have not been able to find the design drawing for these exceptional objects.
Date: 1920
Period: 20th century
Origin: Austria, Vienna
Medium: Brass, chased and hammered
Signature: Marked: WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3 lines), JH, Made in Austria
Dimension: 15 x 26 cm (5⁷/₈ x 10¹/₄ inches)
Literature: K. Goubert, Zilvermuseum Sterckshof (ed.), Wiener Werkstätte Silver and Belgian Silver Design, 2010, p. 82
Exhibition: Zilver Museum Sterckshof, Antwerp, 2010, "Wiener Werkstätte Silver and Belgian Silver Design"
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Viennese Jugendstil, Secessionist Movement
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