FRITZ NAGEL
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| About the artist | born 1885 in Vienna |
| Designed by | Fritz Nagel, Vienna, 1908/10 |
| Executed by | Möbelfabrik A. Nagel |
| Dimensions | Writing desk: H 80 cm, W 169 cm, D 63.5 cm |
| Material | Solid pear and veneer, some small repairs, stained, surface professionally repolished, 4 doors, 8 "English" (semi-open front) drawers in solid wood, original copper fittings, leather top and large decorative nails renewed, very good condition |
| Provenance | private property, Graz |
| Literature | Das Interieur, XII, 1911, p. 48 |
Fritz Nagel, son of the furniture manufacturer A. Nagel, studied architecture under Josef Hoffmann at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna from 1903 to 1906, partly at the same time as Mauritius Herrgesell (see catalogue number 50.). The two competed repeatedly in prize competitions organised by the magazine "Innendekoration" [Interior Decoration].
Nagel designed this desk as part of the furnishings for a gentleman’s study. All of this furniture is structured on the same principle, contoured vertical rectangles. This piece was made in his father’s workshop.
M31/23