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OUTSTANDING PAIR OF CENTREPIECES
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Josef Hoffmann

OUTSTANDING PAIR OF CENTREPIECES

Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Date 1920

Period 20th century

Origin Austria, Vienna

Medium Brass, chased and hammered

Dimension 15 x 26 cm (5⁷/₈ x 10¹/₄ inches)

designed by: Josef Hoffmann, Vienna, around 1920
executed by: Wiener Werkstätte

These two centrepieces are of outstanding quality. They can be dismantled into a number of parts and are thus relatively easy to clean. It is interesting that when centrepieces and other large objects were made from a single material it was not customary for them to be made in pieces. Despite an intensive search of the WW archives at the MAK, we have not been able to find the design drawing for these exceptional objects.

Date: 1920

Period: 20th century

Origin: Austria, Vienna

Medium: Brass, chased and hammered

Signature: Marked: WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3 lines), JH, Made in Austria

Dimension: 15 x 26 cm (5⁷/₈ x 10¹/₄ inches)

Literature: K. Goubert, Zilvermuseum Sterckshof (ed.), Wiener Werkstätte Silver and Belgian Silver Design, 2010, p. 82

Exhibition: Zilver Museum Sterckshof, Antwerp, 2010, "Wiener Werkstätte Silver and Belgian Silver Design"

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Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Viennese Jugendstil, Secessionist Movement

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