Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstätte

Designed by: Josef Hoffmann, around 1909
Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte, model no. G 1039 (rectangular
pieces), G 957 (pendant)
Marked: pendant: Austrian hallmark – head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), clasp: WW 925 fine silver (according to an expert opinion 878 fine silver for the extended chain), mother-of-pearl, remains of gold plating

L 43 cm

As yet, we have only been able to find evidence for parts of the necklace. The Wiener Werkstätte archives hold sketches for the two rectangular decorative elements – model no. G 1039, described as part of the chain for neck jewellery. The pendant is also documented on a design drawing preserved in the Wiener Werkstätte archives (model no. G 957, referred to as pendant) and depicted in an illustration in "Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, 1909/1910"  (Professor J. Hoffmann, neck jewellery, gold-plated silver with mother-of-pearl).
Evidently Hoffmann designed elements for the serial production of jewellery just as he had done with his earlier furniture designs for J. & J. Kohn.

Exhibited at: Gustav Klimt Zentrum am Attersee, 2016, Emilie Flöge. Reform der Mode, Inspiration der Kunst