Description & Technical information
Comprising: 1 settee, 2 armchairs, drawing room table
Executed by: J. & J. Kohn, model no. 675/C, F, T
Beech bentwood and plywood, dyed to rosewood, surface professionally repolished, decorative brass nails polished and stove-enamelled, upholstery and fabric renewed, original hammered brass top and base, excellent condition.
Settee: H 75 cm, SH 42 cm, W 136 cm, D 71 cm
Armchairs: H 76 cm, SH 42 cm, W 76.5 cm, D 73.5 cm
Drawing room table: H 74 cm, Ø 57.5 cm
The name of this seating group derives from the exhibition in Buenos Aires in 1910, where J. & J. Kohn showed this suite based on a design by Josef Hoffmann.
Date: around 1907
Period: Early 20th century
Origin: Austrian
Medium: Beech bentwood and plywood
Dimensions: 75 x 136 x 71 cm (29¹/₂ x 53¹/₂ x 28 inches)
Provenance:
Private property, Austria
Newly added cat. no. H21/49
Literature:
Das Interieur, XII, 1911, plate 31; G. Renzi, Il mobile moderno, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, pp. 172
Categories: Furniture
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