Josef Hoffmann
SMOKING COMPENDIUM
Josef Hoffmann
SMOKING COMPENDIUM
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Date before 1911
Period Early 20th century
Medium silver
Dimension 7.5 x 13 x 9 cm (3 x 5¹/₈ x 3¹/₂ inches)
Designed by: Josef Hoffmann
Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, around 1908, model
no. S 2327
Marked: WW, Austrian hallmark - head of Diana (A for
Vienna, 2 for 900/1000)
Silver ivy-leaf pattern, original glass liner, small chip, polished, very good condition
Date: before 1911
Period: Early 20th century
Medium: silver
Dimension: 7.5 x 13 x 9 cm (3 x 5¹/₈ x 3¹/₂ inches)
Provenance: Günther Stephan Asenbaum, since 1986 private
property, USA
Literature:
cf. a contemporary photograph is preserved in
the Wiener Werkstätte photographic archive at the Austrian Museum of Applied
Arts (MAK), Vienna, inv. no. KI 12032-11; model. no. S 2316, designed by Eduard
Josef Wimmer-Wissgrill, before 1911
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Viennese Jugendstil, Secessionist Movement
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