A CARVED WALNUT ARMCHAIR

BY JOSEF MARIA OLBRICH, CIRCA 1898

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A CARVED WALNUT ARMCHAIR
by josef maria olbrich, circa 1898
With bowed arms and square seat with upholstered center, with five spindles below the carved back rest and three spindles under each arm continuing to the stretchers
35in. (88.9cm.) high

Lot Essay

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

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