Josef Hoffmann - Sitting Room Suite with Table

Date	1905
Period	20th century
Origin	Vienna
Medium	Beech, Stained mahogany, Polished
Gallery	Galerie bei der Albertina - Zetter

Description
Technical

Manufactured by Jacob & Josef Kohn, Vienna, no 675/C (bench), no 675/F (armchair) and no 675/T (table)

Suite: new leather upholstery, original decorative brass caps, rests of the old adhesive labels Jacob & Josef Kohn, stamped J. & J. KOHN WIEN-AUSTRIA;
Table: new glass table top with leather below, hammered brass base, old adhesive label SKALA

Date: 1905
Period: 20th century
Origin: Vienna
Medium: Beech, Stained mahogany, Polished
Signature: Marks suite: Rest of the old adhesive labels Jacob & Josef Kohn, stamped J. & J. KOHN WIEN-AUSTRIA
Mark table: Old adhesive label SKALA

Literature: cf Sales catalogue Jacob & Josef Kohn 1916, reprint Munich 1980, ill. p. 48, no 675/C (bench), no 675/F (armchair) and no 675/T (table)
cf Eduard F. Sekler, Josef Hoffmann. Das architektonische Werk, Salzburg and Vienna 1982, ill. p. 326, WV 123/III (table)
cf Giovanni Renzi, Il mobile moderno. Gebrüder Thonet Vienna Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan 2008, ill. p. 172f, (suite, photo World Exhibition Buenos Aires 1910)
Exhibitions: These models were exhibited at the World Exhibition in Buenos Aires in 1910 (suite) and the Vienna Kunstschau in 1908 (table).
Categories: Decorative Arts & Design, Furniture