Description & Technical information

Designed by: Josef Hoffmann, 1910
Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte, model no. M 1474

Although the basket is illustrated in the Wiener Werkstätte catalogue containing fruit it is described there as a bread basket.

Date:  1910
Period:  20th century
Origin:  Vienna
Medium: Zinc-plated sheet metal, Blossom pattern, White enamel
Signature: Marked: WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3-line rubber stamp)

Dimensions: 17.5 x 25.5 x 12.5 cm (6⁷/₈ x 10 x 4⁷/₈ inches)
Literature: A contemporary photograph is preserved in the archives of the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna, inv. no. WWF 97-51-12
Categories: Decorative Arts & Design, Works of Art