Description & Technical information
Designed by: Eduard Josef Wimmer-Wisgrill, Vienna, around 1912
Executed by: Wilhelm & Johann Jonasch, Wiener
Werkstätte
Marked: Companies Label "JOHANN JONASCH,
KUNSTMÖBELTISCHLER; WIEN. VII.WESTBAHNSTR.33"
fabric design for the curtain: Wilhelm Jonasch, c. 1910; pattern: Vorgarten
The original fabric was made by the Wiener Werkstätte
Walnut, birch (mirror) and beechwood, solid and veneer, ebonized and professionally repolished,
very few repairs to the veneer, extension replaced, upholstery and fabric renewed,
excellent condition
dining room
table: H 77 cm, D 73.5, L 108 cm (extendable to approx. 188 cm);
six chairs:
H 91 cm, SH 45 cm, W 50 cm, D 45 cm
High-quality
Viennese cabinet making
There are two similar mirror designs in the WW Archive, Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna (design drawing inv. no. KI 12138-18/12138-17, model no. 1729/M 1674) which Wimmer-Wisgrill designed for
the hall of the Palais Stoclet in Brussels.
The furniture was designed for the apartment of the Hora-Hajek family in Vienna 9.
provenance: estate of Hora-Grill family, Vienna
Newly added cat. no. H21/36.1.Date: around 1912
Origin: Austrian
Dimensions: 77 x 108 x 73 cm (30³/₈ x 42¹/₂ x 28³/₄ inches)
Literature: V. Behal, Möbel des Jugendstils, München 1981, pp.
264; Kunstblättersammlung MAK, KI 13.756/153, 13.756/156

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