JOSEF HOFFMANN
sold
| About the artist | Brtnice 1870 – 1956 Vienna |
| Designed by | Josef Hoffmann, Vienna, 1914 |
| Executed by | J. & J. Kohn, mod. no 816, comp. mod. No. T 816, chair, from 1914 on |
| Marked | Brandstempel und Papierettikette der Firma J. & J. Kohn |
| Dimensions | H 81 cm, SH 46 cm, B 68,5 cm, T 55 cm |
| Material | Bent beech wood, stained, surface cleaned and slightly repolished, excellent original condition |
| Provenance | private property, Austria |
| Literature | J. & J. Kohn sales cat., 1916, p. 18; E. F. Sekler, Josef Hoffmann, Das architektonische Werk, Salzburg, 1982, p. 376; G. Renzi, Il mobile moderno, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, p. 259 |
Wiener Werkstätte used the chair "J. & J. Kohn, Model No. T 826", designed by Josef Hoffman, for its fashion department and for some other furnishings, including of the ‘Poldihütte’, and also for the apartment / salon of Berta Zuckerkandl on the floor above the Café Landtmann in Vienna’s first district next to the Burgtheater. Alongside the chairs, the armchair is an iconographic piece of seating furniture rarely available for purchase.
H18/22
