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Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstätte

PURSE WITH TWO CASES AND SPECTACLE CASE

Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Date around 1910

Period Early 20th century

Origin 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

Period: Early 20th century

Origin: 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

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