Eduard Josef Wimmer-Wisgrill - DESK

Date	around 1912
Period	20th century
Origin	Austria, Vienna
Medium	ebonized, Polished, Solid walnut veneer
Dimensions	78 x 130 x 74 cm (30³/₄ x 51¹/₈ x 29¹/₈ inches)
Gallery	Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Description
Technical

Designed by: Eduard Josef Wimmer-Wisgrill
Executed by: Wilhelm & Johann Jonasch, for the Wiener Werkstätte

Expertly repolished, a very few repairs to the veneer

First-class Viennese cabinet making

H 78 cm, W 130 cm, D 74 cm

The desk was part of the complete furnishings for the Hora family home in Vienna’s 9th district. In order to liberate the front from the usual drawer framing, the sidewalls of the body and the drawers themselves were mitred. I have never seen this unusual and very time-consuming procedure before. It gives the piece a touching simplicity.

Date: around 1912
Period: 20th century
Origin: Austria, Vienna
Medium: ebonized, Polished, Solid walnut veneer
Dimensions: 78 x 130 x 74 cm (30³/₄ x 51¹/₈ x 29¹/₈ inches)
Provenance: Estate of Hora-Grill family, Vienna

Literature: Ref.: V. Behal, Möbel des Jugendstils, Munich, 1981, p. 264 f; Kunstblättersammlung ÖM, K.I. 13.756/104, 13.756/180

Categories: Furniture