Eduard Josef Wimmer-Wisgrill

DESK

Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Date 1912

Epoque 20th century

Origine Vienna

Medium solid walnut, Veneer, ebonized, Polished

Dimension 78 x 130 x 74 cm (30³/₄ x 51¹/₈ x 29¹/₈ inches)

Designed by: Eduard Josef Wimmer-Wisgrill, Vienna, around 1912
Executed by: Wilhelm & Johann Jonasch, Vienna, for the Wiener Werkstätte

The desk was part of the complete furnishings for the Hora family home in Vienna’s 9th district. In order to liberate the front from the usual drawer framing, the sidewalls of the body and the drawers themselves were mitred. I have never seen this unusual and very time-consuming procedure before. It gives the piece a touching simplicity.

Date: 1912

Epoque: 20th century

Origine: Vienna

Medium: solid walnut, Veneer, ebonized, Polished

Dimension: 78 x 130 x 74 cm (30³/₄ x 51¹/₈ x 29¹/₈ inches)

Provenance: estate of Hora-Grill family, Vienna

Literature: V. Behal, Möbel des Jugendstils, Munich, 1981, p. 264 f; Kunstblättersammlung ÖM, K.I. 13.756/104, 13.756/180

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Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Viennese Jugendstil, Secessionist Movement

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