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Josef Hoffmann

SIX TABLE KNIFES

Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Date 1906

Period 1906

Origin Austrian

Medium Alpacca, silver

Dimension 18 cm (7¹/₈ inches)

SIX TABLE KNIFES

from the “RUNDES MODELL” (round model) cutlery design series

 

Designed by: Josef Hoffmann, 1906

Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte from 1906 to 1913, model no. S 795

Marked: Austrian hallmark - small head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), PP (for Paul Poiret)

 

L 18 cm

 

This knife was first presented in the 1906 Wiener Werkstätte exhibition "Der gedeckte Tisch"(the laid table) as part of a cutlery set on the wedding banquet table. It was available in silver-plated alpaca and in solid silver. The list of buyers of this cutlery set features such names as Sonja Knips and Titus.


Date: 1906

Period: 1906

Origin: Austrian

Medium: Alpacca, silver

Signature:

Marked: Austrian hallmark - small head of Diana (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), PP (for Paul Poiret)


Dimension: 18 cm (7¹/₈ inches)

Provenance: private property, USA

Literature:

W. Neuwirth, Josef Hoffmann. Bestecke für die Wiener Werkstätte. Exhibition catalogue. Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna, 1982, p. 78, 86 (designs: work no. M 847, M 852) and p. 25, illus. 11; MAK inv. no. WWF 130-2-1; MAK inv. no.WWF 130-1-1


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Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

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