ADOLF LOOS
| About the artist | Brno 1870 – 1933 Kalksburg near Vienna |
| Designed by | Adolf Loos, Vienna, 1899, variant of the “Haberfeld” table |
| Executed by | Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Vienna, after 1910 |
| Dimensions | H 61.5 cm, ø 65.5 cm |
| Material | Solid beech wood and mahogany veneer, legs solid beech wood, stained to rosewood, surface professionally repolished, stove enamelled brass fittings, glass top, very good condition |
| Provenance | private property, Austria |
| Literature | Das Interieur, 1899, illus. 10; E. B. Ottillinger, Adolf Loos, Wohnkonzepte und Möbelentwürfe, Vienna, 1994, p. 102, 139 |
Loos first used this iconic table in 1902 to furnish the apartment of Dr Hugo Haberfeld. Loos employed struts, each connected to the respective opposite leg, to stabilise this round table. Our table is a variant of this iconic piece of Loos’ design.
M14/24
