Josef Hoffmann / J. & J. Kohn - Suite so-called Buenos Aires Suite

Date	1907
Period	20th century
Origin	Vienna
Medium	Bent beech and plywood, Dyed to rose wood and polished, Decorative brass nails
Gallery	Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

Description
Technical

So-called Buenos Aires suite consisting of: 1 settee, 4 armchairs, 6 chairs

designed by: Josef Hoffmann
executed by: J. & J. Kohn, model no. 675/C, F, S

In 1910, J. & J. Kohn showed this suite designed by Josef Hoffmann at the exhibition in Buenos Aires from which it got its name. Numerous lamps and objects made by Wiener Werkstätte were also presented at this exhibition. Thus it was only natural that Josef Hoffmann, who had already been hired by J. & J. Kohn to design a whole house for the 1908 Kunstschau, would also be given responsibility for the conception of the Buenos Aires exhibition, where he would show many pieces of furniture designed by himself (comp. Desk no. ..).

settee: H 76.5 cm, SH 42 cm, W 136 cm, D 72 cm
armchairs: H 77 cm, SH 42 cm, W 76 cm, D 72 cm
chairs: H 81 cm, SH 45 cm, W 44 cm, D 44 cm

Date: 1907
Period: 20th century
Origin: Vienna
Medium: Bent beech and plywood, Dyed to rose wood and polished, Decorative brass nails
Literature: ref.: Das Interieur, XII, 1911, plate 31; G. Renzi, Il mobile moderno, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, pp. 172 f
Categories: Decorative Arts & Design, Furniture