Gebrüder Thonet - Twelve Chairs, Six Armchairs

Date	1904
Period	20th century
Origin	Vienna
Medium	bent beech stained to rosewood and polished
Dimensions	103.89 x 54.1 x 57.91 cm (41 x 21¹/₄ x 22⁷/₈ inches)
Gallery	Bel Etage, Wolfgang Bauer, Vienna

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The pieces from the 511 series, which includes a desk, chairs, armchairs, a settee and a rocking chair, are amongst the most elegant Jugendstil furniture ever produced by Gebrüder Thonet. Even today it has not been possible to determine the designer. The most likely would be Marcel Kammerer. It was certainly not Josef Hoffmann since at this time he was accepting commissions from the competition: J. &. J. Kohn.

Date: 1904
Period: 20th century
Origin: Vienna
Medium: bent beech stained to rosewood and polished
Dimensions: 103.89 x 54.1 x 57.91 cm (41 x 21¹/₄ x 22⁷/₈ inches)
Literature: ref.: sales cat. Gebrüder Thonet, 1904, ill. p. 119; D. E. Ostergard (ed.), Bent Wood and Metal Furniture 1850–1946, 1987, p. 250, fig. 49 c; G. Renzi, Il mobile moderno, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, p. 122 f
Categories: Decorative Arts & Design, Furniture