JOSEPH MARIA OLBRICH (1867-1908)
JOSEPH MARIA OLBRICH (1867-1908)

A CARVED WALNUT ARMCHAIR FROM THE VILLA FRIEDMANN, CIRCA 1898

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JOSEPH MARIA OLBRICH (1867-1908)
A Carved Walnut Armchair from the Villa Friedmann, circa 1898
35 in. (89 cm.) high

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This chair model was designed in 1898 for the children's room of the Villa Friedmann, Hinterbrühl.

cf. Das Interieur I, Vienna, 1900, p. 35 for illustrations of this model.
Dokument Deutscher Kunst (exh. cat.) Vol. 4, Darmstadt, Germany, 1977 , p. 161, ill. 465a.
I. Lathan, J.M. Olbrich, London, 1980, p. 43.
F. Russell, ed. A Century of Chair Design, London,1980, p. 63 for a sketch of this model.
Craig Miller, Modern Design 1890-1990, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1990, p. 69 for an illustration of this model.

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