ADOLF LOOS
| About the artist | Brno 1870 – 1933 Kalksburg near Vienna |
| Designed by | Adolf Loos, for the apartment of Eugen Stössler, 1899 |
| Executed by | F. O. Schmidt, model no. 6865 |
| Dimensions | H 75.5 cm, SH 46 cm, B 51cm, T 46 cm |
| Material | Walnut and walnut veneer on pine, white metal cuffs, upholstery renewed and reupholstered with red leather, surface professionally repolished, 3 struts between the legs renewed, 2 chairs with higher saddle |
| Provenance | private collection, Vienna |
| Shown | Börhan-Museum Berlin, Von Arts and Crafts zum Bauhaus, January – May 2019 |
| Literature | Das Interieur, 1900, vol. 1, p. 95; E. B. Ottillinger, A. Loos, 1994, p. 132, ill. pp. 40, 134; Kunkal, F. O. Schmidt company archives, Nr. 6865; T. Hoffmann (Ed.), Von Arts and Crafts zum Bauhaus, exhibition catalogue, Bröhan- Museum Berlin, Berlin, 2018, p.119 |
Our four chairs are among the most accomplished designs of Adolf Loos. Influenced by English models, he designed them in 1899 for the dining room of the Stössler apartment. Later he used variations of the same design in a number of his interiors. Since these early chairs were executed without the front arm supports of later versions, they are particularly elegant and airy.
M17/18
