GEBRÜDER THONET
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| Designed by | Gebrüder Thonet, Vienna, 1904, model no. 511 |
| Executed by | Gebrüder Thonet, Vienna, from 1904 on |
| Dimensions | H 99 cm, SH 45 cm, W 43 cm, D 41 cm |
| Material | Bent beech, dyed to rosewood, surface professionally repolished, re-upholstered in very durable microfiber fabric, excellent condition |
| Provenance | private property, Germany |
| Literature | 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 |
The furniture pieces of the 511 series, which include a desk, chairs, armchairs, a settee and a rocking chair, are amongst the most elegant Jugendstil furniture produced by Gebrüder Thonet. Nevertheless, it has not yet been possible to determine their designer, although it is highly probable that it was Marcel Kammerer. They were certainly not designed by Josef Hoffmann, as he cooperated with Thonet’s competitor J. &. J. Kohn.
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