Josef Hoffmann
CENTREPIECE
Josef Hoffmann
CENTREPIECE
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Date 1905
Origine Austrian
Dimension 10 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm (3⁷/₈ x 6¹/₂ x 6¹/₂ inches)
Designed by: Josef Hoffmann, 1905
Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, 1904, model no. S 347
Marked: JH, WW, rose mark, master’s mark JW (Josef Wagner), Austrian hallmark – head of Diana (A for Vienna, 3 for 800/1000), on the side: Austrian hallmark – head of Diana (A for Vienna, 3 for 800/1000), small a (Austrian hallmark),
Silver, chased and hammered, hand polished, 23 moonstone cabochons, excellent original condition
H 10 cm, 16.5 cm x 16.5 cm
According to the Wiener Werkstätte model books two such centerpieces were executed on 10 March 1905.
Date: 1905
Origine: Austrian
Dimension: 10 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm (3⁷/₈ x 6¹/₂ x 6¹/₂ inches)
Provenance:
private property, Austria
Literature:
A contemporary photograph is preserved in the Wiener Werkstätte photographic archives at the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna, inv. no. WWF 93-12-1, model number: S 347; cf. Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, 1905, p. 547
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Viennese Jugendstil, Secessionist Movement
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