'FLEDERMAUS', A BENTWOOD DRAWING-ROOM SUITE

DESIGNED BY JOSEF HOFFMANN FOR J. & J. KOHN, 1916

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'FLEDERMAUS', A BENTWOOD DRAWING-ROOM SUITE
DESIGNED BY JOSEF HOFFMANN FOR J. & J. KOHN, 1916
COMPRISING TWO CHAIRS AND A SETTEE, THE SETTEE WITH U-SHAPED BASE WITH SIX CYLINDRICAL LEGS EXTENDING INTO THE PARTLY UPHOLSTERED BACKREST, WITH LOZENGE-SHAPE ORNAMENTS, BELOW THE SEAT TWO WOODEN BALLS, UPHOLSTERED IN REPLICA-WIENER WERKSTäTTE MATERIAL, THE CHAIRS ENSUITE
THE SETTEE 75.5CM. HIGH X 117CM. WIDE X 50CM. DEEP
THE CHAIRS WITH IMPRESSED X (3)

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FOR COMPARISON SEE:
DEREK E. OSTERGARD (ED.), BENT WOOD AND METAL FURNITURE 1850-1946, NEW YORK 1987, P. 260, FIGURE 57A

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