Live Auction 6938Important 20th Century Design
JOSEF HOFFMANN; AUSTRIA
Lot 29

JOSEF HOFFMANN; AUSTRIA

PAIR OF SIDE CHAIRS

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GBP 4,541

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JOSEF HOFFMANN; AUSTRIA
PAIR OF SIDE CHAIRS
designed circa 1913, manufactured by J.& J.Kohn, stained solid and laminated wood, nickel-plated metal studs
35½in.(90cm.) height; 18½in.(47cm.) width; 17¼in.(44cm.) depth
paper label to underside J.& J.Kohn, Wien (2)

Specialist note

The examples offered are from a set of six used in the Poldihütte, Vienna, 1916. This early version of the design features an elaborate spandrel to the seat/leg juncture, a detail simplified on subsequent production examples.