FRANZ MESSNER / SCHOOL OF PROF. JOSEF HOFFMANN / CLEMENS PACHER
| About the artist | 1873 Auscha near Leitmeritz/Bohemia |
| Designed by | Franz Messner, Vienna, 1903 |
| Executed by | Clemens Pacher, cabinetmaker, Vienna, 1903 |
| Dimensions | Mirrored book shelves with glass panel: each H 180.5 cm, W 125 (50/75) cm, D 39/49 cm, glass-fronted cabinet: H 180.5 cm, W 50 cm, D 39 cm, book case with wooden panels: H 180.5 cm, W 100 cm, D 39.5 cm |
| Material | Solid mahogany and veneer, original brass fittings, original cut and facetted glass, surface professionally repolished, some restorations to the veneer, very good condition |
| Provenance | Private collection, Vienna; book shelf: estate of Jaro Nettel-Melnitzky, Vienna, subsequently private collection, Vienna |
| Literature | Dekorative Kunst, vol. 10, 1904, comp. ill. p. 178 |
The individual library cabinets can be combined as desired.
Furnishings and objets d’art of an astounding modernity for the time were made for the exhibition put on by the “Wiener Kunst im Hause” (Viennese Art in the Home) Association with the motto “simple furniture”. Many of these are exemplary even today. Teachers and students influenced and stimulated each other to a very high degree.
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