Josef Hoffmann

Designed by: Josef Hoffmann for Palais Stoclet, 1907, mode bellflower

Executed by: Backhausen & Söhne, Vienna 

Machine-woven carpet, wool, minor defects due to moth damage, washed and surface shorn approx. 1 mm in the carpet pile to revive the partially very faded surface

Pattern repeat length: 47 cm

Carpet roll width: 88 cm, lengths: 232 cm, 144 cm, 113 cm

Josef Hoffmann designed this carpet in 1907 for Palais Stoclet. It was also used in various rooms in Villa Ast and to equip a number of other residential apartments.

Gustav Klimt, for instance, used it for his studio in Feldmühlgasse in Vienna’s 13th district. Our three carpets were produced in 1912 for a different project.

We would like to thank Mr Peter Backhausen for his friendly help with the description of the carpet.