Description & Technical information

Designed by: Koloman Moser attr.
Executed by: J. & J. Kohn, model nos. 1069 and 1070
left: Stained and polished in black, surface slightly repolished, very good condition

right: Stained and polished in nut-brown, surface slightly repolished, brass fittings (model no. 1069), very good condition

The two magazine or sheet music racks have slightly different profiles. Model no. 1069 is of square-profile beech, while for model no. 1070 round profile beech was used.
Magazine rack model no. 1069 was presented at the Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Turin in May 1902.

Date:  Around 1901
Period:  20th century
Origin:  Vienna
Medium: Bent beech and plywood
Dimensions: 42 x 46 x 46 cm (16¹/₂ x 18¹/₈ x 18¹/₈ inches)
Literature: Sales catalogue, J. & J. Kohn, 1916, p. 113; G. Renzi, Il mobile moderno, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, pp. 82 f
Categories: Decorative Arts & Design, Furniture