A five piece suite

BY WUJLTECHOW

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A five piece suite
By Wujltechow
Comprising a settee, two armchairs and two side chairs, the straight back decorated with three vertical bands of openwork geometrical design, curving wooden armrests, the square section legs joined under the seat by an oval ring, the front legs set with brass sabots
123cm. wide x 93cm. high x 50cm. deep
Stamped Wujltechow (5)

Literature

For comparison see:
Thonet Bentwood & Other Furniture, the 1904 Illustrated Catalogue, New York, 1980, p. 117, no. 377

Lot Essay

The Woiciechow Joint-Stock Company was founded in the town of Woichiechow in 1871. The factories were in Prague and Warsaw and the company exhibited various pieces of bentwood furniture at the 1889 World Exhibition in Paris. Many of the designs were identical to the designs executed by Thonet.

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