KOLOMAN MOSER
About the artist | 1868 – Vienna – 1918 |
Designed by | Koloman Moser, Vienna, 1902 |
Executed by | J. & J. Kohn, model no. 3134, Vienna, from 1902 on |
Dimensions | H 104 cm, W 112.5 cm, D 56 cm |
Material | Beech bentwood and plywood, mahogany veneered, surface stained and professionally repolished, brass fittings, original cut and faceted mirror, top covering renewed in blue leather |
Provenance | private property, France |
Literature | documentation: International Exhibition of Modern Decorative Art, Turin, 1902; J. & J. Kohn Italian sales catalogue, 1906, p. 40; R. Leopold (ed.), Koloman Moser 1868–1918 (exhibition catalogue), Vienna, 2007, p. 121; G. Renzi, Il mobile moderno, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, p. 86 |
The desk was first presented at the Turin Exhibition of Decorative Arts in May 1902. It was shown in Saint Louis in 1904 and in London in 1906.
H09/22