A bentwood armchair

DESIGNED BY JOSEF HOFFMANN, MANUFACTURED BY J. & J. KOHN, CIRCA 1908

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A bentwood armchair
Designed by Josef Hoffmann, manufactured by J. & J. Kohn, circa 1908
Oval back with inlaid central marquetry motif centred with mother-of-pearl, oval seat with central square of nine pierced chequers
36¼in. (92cm.) high
Branded mark 8 VI J. & J. Kohn Made in Austria
Sale room notice
Please note that the estimate on this lot should read £800-1,200 and not £400-600 as printed in the catalogue.

Lot Essay

Chairs to this design were exhibited by J. & J. Kohn at the Kunstschau, Vienna, 1908 (see reproduction below); Hoffmann also used this design in the nursery at the Palais Stoclet.
Cf: Moderne Bauformen, 1908, pp. 371-5, (reproduced).
See also: Die Kunst, Vol. 18, 1908, pp. 53-59.

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