Objects

Anonymous

Table

Designed and executed before 1914

Oak stained to black colour, table legs cross covered with hammered metal, table feet covered with metal

This table shows the characteristics of geometric art nouveau design famous for Josef Hoffmann and Vienna in the beginning of the 20ths century. According to Uhlíř tables of that period rarely originate from a well-known architect but often followed the design of popular chairs by contemporary designers.

Literature: Uhlíř, J.: Vom Wiener Stuhl zum Architektenmöbel, Böhlau Verlag, Wien, Köln, Weimar, 2009, S. 69

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Josef Hoffmann

Dressing table, executed by J.&J. Kohn, model no. 1135, Vienna

Designed in 1905, executed probably before 1917

Solid beech and beech bentwood, stained and polished, original mirror glass with polished edge in pivoting frame.

The functional form of this dressing table is a key feature of the geometric art-nouveau design famous for Josef Hoffmann and Vienna in the early 20ths century. Its innovative shape - solid beech bent in right angles - could be realized thanks to new production techniques by J. & J. Kohn at that time.

Literature: Uhlíř, J.: Vom Wiener Stuhl zum Architektenmöbel, Böhlau Verlag, Wien, Köln, Weimar, 2009., S. 62
Renzi, G.: Il mobile moderno, Silvana Editoriale, Milano, 2008., S. 192
J.&J. Kohn Katalog 1904 & 1907, Reedition, Editions Volutes 1900, S. 116

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Otto Prutscher

Two fauteuils and one settee, executed by Gebrüder Thonet, no. 6544 (fauteuil) and no. 6244 (settee), Vienna

Designed in 1914

Beechwood, stained mahogany colour, re-upholstered. dark blue fabric by Backhausen, Vienna.

Model designed at Thonet's workshop under the direction of O. Prutscher. Its production continued after the First World War, presumably due to its popularity. Uhlíř refers to the Thonet-Mundus catalogue from 1928. Indirect evidence supports the assumption that O. Prutscher himself was the designer of this model.

Literature: Uhlíř, J.: Vom Wiener Stuhl zum Architektenmöbel, Böhlau Verlag, Wien, Köln, Weimar, 2009, S. 170 - 172

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Gustav Siegel

Table, extendable, executed by J.&J. Kohn, No 937, Vienna

Designed in 1901

Beachwood and bent beach, stained and lacquered to black colour, brass feet

The table model 937 was first time presentend in 1901 at the winter exhibition of K. u. K. Österreichisches Museum für Kunst und Industrie (today's MAK). The attribution to Gustav Siegel is based on the formal similarity with other designs under his leadership as well as interiors drafted by Siegel. Reference is made to the daybed for Paris 1900 (collection of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague).

Literature: Uhlíř, J.: Vom Wiener Stuhl zum Architektenmöbel, Böhlau Verlag, Wien, Köln, Weimar, 2009., S. 79 - 87
Renzi, G.: Il mobile moderno, Silvana Editoriale, Milano, 2008., S. 78,79

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Gebrüder Thonet

Side table, executed by Gebrüder Thonet, no. 9232, Vienna

Designed between 1900 and 1905, executed before 1922

Beechwood, stained to mahogany colour and polished, table feet covered with brass, brass rods, upper shelf with handles on the long and narrow sides.

A rare model from the Viennese Secession period. A similar side table is part of the collection of Musée d'Orsay, Paris.

Literature: Bascou, Marc; Massé, Marie-Madeleine; Thiébaut, Philippe: Musée d'Orsay - Catalogue sommaire illustré des arts décoratifs, Musée d'Orsay, Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Paris, 1988, 211
Thonet Katalog von 1910, Reedition, Peter Ellenberg collection, Editions Volutes 1900, 94

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Michael Thonet

Bentwood chair manufactured by Gebrüder Thonet, No 14 1/2, Vienna

Designed in 1859, executed between 1881 and 1919

Solid and bent beechwood, caned seat, wooden parts stained and polished

This model presents the small variant of the famous bentwood chair no 14 by Michael Thonet. Already around 1900, millions of chairs no 14 were produced and exported worldwide. No 14 is the first chair ever designed for industrial mass production and an icon of early design history. The model 14 1/2 presented here with a seat diameter of 37 cm is the smaller space-saving variant of No 14 with its 42 cm seat.

Literature: Thillmann, W.: Perfektes Design - Thonet Nr. 14, Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld, Berlin, 2015, S. 74
Bangert, A. und Ellenberg, P.: Thonet Möbel, Bugholz-Klassiker von 1830 - 1930, W. Heyne Verlag, München, 1997, S. 48 ff.

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Otto Wagner

Two armchairs and one settee, executed by J.&J. Kohn, no. 721, Vienna

Designed in 1902

Bent beech wood, back and seat in plywood, stained to mahogany and polished

This chair by O. Wagner is a variant of the chair that he created for the dispatch office DIE ZEIT, Vienna. The design of evenly perforated holes in the back became very popular in modern chair design: a famous example is the Landi-chair by Hans Coray for the Swiss Federal Exhibition in 1939.

Literature:
Hackenschmidt, S. and Thillmann, W.: Bugholz, vielschichtig - Thonet und das moderne Möbeldesign, Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH, 2019, 222, 258

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