Friedrich Otto Schmidt

GAMING TABLE A LA LOOS

Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Date 1903

Epoque 20th century

Origine Vienna

Medium Solid mahogany and veneer

Dimension 73 x 95 x 95 cm (28³/₄ x 37³/₈ x 37³/₈ inches)

Designed and executed by: Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Vienna, around 1903

Solid mahogany and veneer, one drawer, polished brass and copper fittings, some of them cast, surface professionally repolished, top covered with blue leather, excellent condition.

The archives of the Friedrich Otto Schmidt company provide an old design sketch showing an almost identical table that was noted as model number 181. It also shows a selling price of 260 Kronen.

We would like to thank Mr. Péter Rostás, Budapest, and Mr. Klaus Lorenz from Friedrich Otto Schmidt company in Vienna for their friendly help and for providing us with the documentation.

Date: 1903

Epoque: 20th century

Origine: Vienna

Medium: Solid mahogany and veneer

Dimension: 73 x 95 x 95 cm (28³/₄ x 37³/₈ x 37³/₈ inches)

Literature: Friedrich Otto Schmidt archives, no. 181; A. Loos, Wohnkonzepte und Möbelentwürfe, Vienna, 1994, p. 78; Y. Macaux, Trough Modernism, Brussels, p. 34, p. 70; P. Rostás, Mágnások Lakberendezöje, 2010, p. 228

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Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Viennese Jugendstil, Secessionist Movement

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