Josef Hoffmann - DRAWING ROOM TABLE

Date	Before 1906
Period	20th century
Origin	Austria
Medium	Bent beech and plywood
Dimensions	75 x 59 cm (29¹/₂ x 23¹/₄ inches)
Gallery	Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Description
Technical

Designed by: Josef Hoffmann, Vienna, before 1906

Executed by: J. & J. Kohn, Vienna, around 1906, model no. 675/T

Bent beech and plywood, dyed to rosewood, surface professionally repolished, original hammered brass top, original base, excellent condition

This model was shown at the Milan exhibition in April 1906 in the Visitors' Hall of the Sala della città di Trieste and at the "Kunstschau 1908" in Vienna, where Hoffmann was in charge of the interior design.

Date: Before 1906
Period: 20th century
Origin: Austria
Medium: Bent beech and plywood
Dimensions: 75 x 59 cm (29¹/₂ x 23¹/₄ inches)
Provenance: Private property, Austria

Literature: Sales catalogue, J. &. J. Kohn, 1916, p. 48;
Das Interieur XII, 1911, plate 31; G. Renzi, Il mobile moderno, Gebrüder Thonet
Vienna, Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, p. 66; ill. from archives: La
stanza del Re, Via Washington 2 – Milan, p. 69; ill. Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration
1908; also
see documentation cat. no. 30.

Categories: Furniture