Josef Hoffmann - Sitting Room Suite

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Sitting Room Suite

Josef Hoffmann

Sitting Room Suite

Date around 1905

Period 20th century

Origin Austria, Vienna

Medium Beech, Stained and polished, Hammered brass, New leather upholstery

Dimension 70.8 x 59.5 x 55.5 cm (27⁷/₈ x 23³/₈ x 21⁷/₈ inches)

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

Dimension: 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

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

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