MARCEL KAMMERER
| About the artist | Vienna 1878 – 1959 Montreal |
| Designed by | Marcel Kammerer attr., Vienna, 1906 |
| Executed by | Gebrüder Thonet, model no. 8042, from 1907 on |
| Dimensions | H 80 cm, Ø 58 cm |
| Material | Beech and bent beech wood, dyed to rosewood, and professionally repolished, polished brass fittings, excellent condition |
| Provenance | private property, Austria |
| Literature | sales cat. Gebrüder Thonet, 1 Sep 1904, supplement 1 Oct 1907, ill. p. 143; Fremdkörper (ed.), Moderne Möbel, 150 Jahre Design, 2009, p. 667; G. Renzi, Il mobile moderno, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, p. 194 |
This drawing-room table is amongst the most beautiful Jugendstil pieces produced by Thonet. Since Wagner-student Marcel Kammerer was Thonet's head designer and as no other renowned designer worked for Thonet at the time, one can assume with a high degree of probability that this table was designed by Kammerer. As source of inspiration, he used model no. 413, a table designed around 1900 by Koloman Moser for the Kohn company.
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