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Writing Desk and Armchair, circa 1905
Details
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
Writing Desk and Armchair, circa 1905
produced by Jacob & Josef Kohn, Munich, Germany
stained beech, aluminum, leather upholstery, leather
38 ½ in. (88 cm) high; 42 ½ in. (108 cm) wide; 23 5/8 in. (60 cm) deep
29 ¼ in. (64.5 cm) high; 22 in. (56 cm) wide; 19 5/8 in. (50 cm) deep
Writing Desk and Armchair, circa 1905
produced by Jacob & Josef Kohn, Munich, Germany
stained beech, aluminum, leather upholstery, leather
38 ½ in. (88 cm) high; 42 ½ in. (108 cm) wide; 23 5/8 in. (60 cm) deep
29 ¼ in. (64.5 cm) high; 22 in. (56 cm) wide; 19 5/8 in. (50 cm) deep
Provenance
Barry Friedman Ltd., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1999
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1999
Literature
E. Otllinger, Against the Grain, Bentwood furniture from the collection of Fern and Manfred Steinfeld, exh. cat., The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1993, p. 85, fig. 54
G. Renzi, Il Mobile Moderno, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, pp. 202-203 for the desk
G. Renzi, Il Mobile Moderno, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, pp. 202-203 for the desk
Special notice
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