Description & Technical information

Designed by: Koloman Moser, Vienna, 1901
Executed by: J. & J. Kohn, model nos. 413 F, 413 T, Vienna, from 1901 on

Settee: H 98 cm, SH 40 cm, W 120 cm, D 49 cm
Armchairs: H 98 cm, SH 40 cm, W 53 cm, D 49 cm
Table with glass plate: H 70 cm, Ø 55 cm

Bent beech and plywood, dyed to rosewood, surface slightly repolished, brass cuffs and fittings, upholstery and fabric renewed, very good condition.

This sitting group was first presented as part of a drawing-room ensemble at the winter exhibition of the Austrian Museum of Art and Industry in 1901. In the following year, this ensemble was shown in Turin and, in 1904, in Saint Louis.

Date:  1901
Period:  20th century
Origin:  Vienna
Medium: Bent beech and plywood, dyed to rosewood
Signature: Marked: settee: brand mark "J. & J. Kohn Vsetin Austria"; armchairs: brand mark "J. & J. Kohn Vsetin Austria" and paper label Jacob & Josef Kohn

Dimensions: 98 x 120 x 49 cm (38⁵/₈ x 47¹/₄ x 19¹/₄ inches)
Literature: Italian sales catalogue J. & J. Kohn, 1906; sales catalogue J. & J. Kohn, 1916, p. 49; G. Renzi, Il mobile moderno, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, p. 54 f
Categories: Decorative Arts & Design, Furniture