Josef Hoffmann

Designed by: Josef Hoffmann, Vienna, 1907/08

Executed by: J. & J. Kohn, from 1908 on, model no. 371

Surface professionally, small parts of plywood replaced, two upper balls of the chair replaced, good condition.

Armchair H 111 cm, SH 47 cm, W 57.5 cm, D 63 cm

J. & J. Kohn commissioned Josef Hoffmann to design a reasonably priced house complete with fixtures, fittings and furniture for the Kunstschau 1908. To furnish the
house, Hoffmann used many pieces of his already well-known furniture such as
the "sitting machine", the so-called "Fledermaus" suite, etc. On the veranda, there was also a seven-ball settee. For me, the seven-ball settee, armchair and chairs are amongst the most modern and pioneering designs that Hoffmann ever developed for serial production by J. & J. Kohn.

As their design was deemed very avant-garde at the time, only few such pieces were sold and are now among the most sought-after collector’s items of Josef Hoffmann’s entire oeuvre.

To my knowledge, these two seven-ball pieces of furniture are the only ones that
correspond exactly to the ones shown at the Kunstschau 1908.