Robert Fix
EXTRAORDINARY ART NOUVEAU LONG CASE CLOCK
Robert Fix
EXTRAORDINARY ART NOUVEAU LONG CASE CLOCK
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Date 1901
Period 20th century
Origin Vienna
Medium Rose wood and rose wood veneer
Dimension 210 x 40 x 20 cm (82⁵/₈ x 15³/₄ x 7⁷/₈ inches)
Executed by: Portois & Fix, Vienna
First-class Viennese cabinet making
H 210 cm, W 40/49 cm (on base), D 20/25 cm (on base)
Rose wood and rose wood veneer, inlay of Parnassus leaf ornament, in maple and mahogany, surface expertly repolished, cut and facetted glass, granite base, silver-plated dial, blued steel hands, pendulum and two weights in matt brass, one month movement with strike on gong on the hour and half hour, movement repaired by a master clockmaker, excellent condition
Date: 1901
Period: 20th century
Origin: Vienna
Medium: Rose wood and rose wood veneer
Signature: Signed on dial: Franz Rohlicek, Wien
Dimension: 210 x 40 x 20 cm (82⁵/₈ x 15³/₄ x 7⁷/₈ inches)
Literature: Ref.: M. Wenzl-Bachmayer, Die Firma Portois & Fix, Pariser Esprit und Wiener Moderne, Vienna, 2008, p. 22
Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna
Viennese Jugendstil, Secessionist Movement
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