Josef Hoffmann - Sitting Room Suite

Date	around 1905
Period	20th century
Origin	Austria, Vienna
Medium	Beech, Stained and polished, Hammered brass, New leather upholstery
Dimensions	70.8 x 59.5 x 55.5 cm (27⁷/₈ x 23³/₈ x 21⁷/₈ inches)
Gallery	Galerie bei der Albertina - Zetter

Description
Technical

Manufactured by Jacob & Josef Kohn, Vienna, no 421/F (armchairs) and no 675/T (table).

Date: around 1905
Period: 20th century
Origin: Austria, Vienna
Medium: Beech, Stained and polished, Hammered brass, New leather upholstery
Signature: Armchairs: old adhesive label Jacob & Josef Kohn

Dimensions: 70.8 x 59.5 x 55.5 cm (27⁷/₈ x 23³/₈ x 21⁷/₈ inches)
Literature:

cf Sales catalogue Jacob & Josef Kohn 1916, reprint Munich 1980, ill. p. 48, no 675/T (table) and ill. p. 50, no 421/F (armchair)

cf Exhibition catalogue “Gebogenes Holz. Konstruktive Entwürfe 1840-1910”, Künstlerhaus, Vienna 1979, ill. no 79

cf Eduard F. Sekler, Josef Hoffmann. Das architektonische Werk, Salzburg and Vienna 1982, ill. p. 326, WV 123/II, III (pic. Kunstschau 1908)

cf Giovanni Renzi, Il mobile moderno. Gebrüder Thonet Vienna Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan 2008, ill. p. 200f

Exhibitions: These models were exhibited at the Vienna Kunstschau 1908 and the World Exhibition in Buenos Aires 1910.

Categories: Furniture