Description & Technical information
Executed by: J. & J. Kohn, model no. 988
Beech bentwood and plywood, dyed to rosewood, surface professionally repolished, very good condition.
Josef Hoffmann designed these nesting tables around 1906. The best-known variant is the one with rods on the sides. The much rarer variant, however, has a 3-row square latticework made of plywood on the sides of the largest table, creating a direct stylistic connection to the so-called sitting machine.
Date: 1906
Period: Early 20th century
Origin: Austrian
Medium: Beech bentwood and plywood
Dimensions: 75 x 61 x 43 cm (29¹/₂ x 24 x 16⁷/₈ inches)
Provenance: Newly added cat. no. H21/53
Literature:
Sales catalogue J. & J. Kohn, 1916, p. 79; illus.: Das Interieur,
vol. 9, 1908, p. 28; G. Renzi, Il mobile moderno, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, pp. 180.
Categories: Furniture
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