Robert Fix - DESK | MasterArt

Date	Around 1901
Period	Early 20th century
Origin	Austrian
Medium	Rosewood
Dimensions	78 x 154 x 80 cm (30³/₄ x 60⁵/₈ x 31¹/₂ inches)
Gallery	Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Description
Technical

Designed by: Robert Fix, Vienna, around 1901

Executed by: Portois & Fix, Vienna

Rosewood, solid and veneered, inlay of Parnassus leaf ornament in maple and mahogany, drawers in solid elm wood, surface professionally repolished, brass fittings, leather on top renewed, excellent restored condition

In 1906, the company Portois & Fix celebrated its 25th
anniversary. On this occasion, the company participated in the “Austrian arts and crafts” exhibition in London at the Sloan Square exhibition centre. In the exhibition catalogue “Imperial Royal Austrian Exhibition: Vienna – London”, a
“Smoking Room” can be found. The desk offered by us was presented in this ensemble in a very similar version.

Date: Around 1901
Period: Early 20th century
Origin: Austrian
Medium: Rosewood
Signature:

Marked on locks: 8353 H

Dimensions: 78 x 154 x 80 cm (30³/₄ x 60⁵/₈ x 31¹/₂ inches)
Provenance:

Private property, Austria

Literature: M. Wenzl-Bachmayer, Die Firma Portois & Fix,
Pariser Esprit und Wiener Moderne, Vienna, 2008, p. 22

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