Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstätte
PURSE WITH TWO CASES AND SPECTACLE CASE
Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstätte
PURSE WITH TWO CASES AND SPECTACLE CASE
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Date around 1910
Epoque Early 20th century
Origine Austrian, Vienna
Medium Gilt-embossed leather, silk moiré on inside, brass clip and fastener
Dimension 17 x 21.5 cm (6³/₄ x 8¹/₂ inches)
Designed by: Josef Hoffmann, Vienna, around 1910
Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte, from 1910 to 1911
Marked: large case: WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3 lines), small case: WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3 lines), JH, leather worker’s monogram T, spectacle case: WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3 lines)
Gilt-embossed leather, silk moiré on inside of the purse, brass clip and fastener, purse damaged on the inside, some signs of usage
Purse: H 17 cm, W 21.5 cm
Large case: H 11 cm, W 16 cm
Small case: H 9.5, W 14 cm
Spectacle case: H 5 cm, W 12 cm
Date: around 1910
Epoque: Early 20th century
Origine: Austrian, Vienna
Medium: Gilt-embossed leather, silk moiré on inside, brass clip and fastener
Signature:
Marked: large case: WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3 lines), small case: WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3 lines), JH, leather worker’s monogram T, spectacle case: WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3 lines)
Dimension: 17 x 21.5 cm (6³/₄ x 8¹/₂ inches)
Provenance:
private property, Austria
Literature:
Ref.: comp. contemporary photographs in the Wiener Werkstätte photographic archives at the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna, inv. nos. WWF 100-73-1, LE 604; comp. W. Neuwirth, Wiener Werkstätte, Avantgarde, Art Deco, Industrial Design, Vienna, 1984, p. 111, ill. 75
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Viennese Jugendstil, Secessionist Movement
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