JOSEF HOFFMANN
| About the artist | Brtnice 1870 – 1956 Vienna |
| Designed by | Josef Hoffmann, around 1907 |
| Executed by | J. & J. Kohn, model no. 675/C, F, T |
| Dimensions | Settee: H 75 cm, SH 42 cm, W 136 cm, D 71 cm Armchairs: H 76 cm, SH 42 cm, W 76.5 cm, D 73.5 cm Drawing room table: H 74 cm, Ø 57.5 cm |
| Material | Beech bentwood and plywood, dyed to rosewood, surface professionally repolished, decorative brass nails polished and stove-enamelled, upholstery and fabric renewed, original hammered brass top and base, excellent condition |
| Provenance | private property, Austria |
| Literature | Das Interieur, XII, 1911, plate 31; G. Renzi, Il mobile moderno, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, pp. 172 |
SUITE so-called Buenos Aires Suite.
Comprising: 1 settee, 2 armchairs, drawing room table.
The name of this seating group derives from the exhibition in Buenos Aires in 1910, where J. & J. Kohn showed this suite based on a design by Josef Hoffmann.
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