A BENTWOOD SALON SUITE
A BENTWOOD SALON SUITE

JOSEF HOFFMANN, FOR J. & J. KOHN, CIRCA 1903

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A BENTWOOD SALON SUITE
Josef Hoffmann, for J. & J. Kohn, circa 1903
comprising: a settee and a pair of armchairs
each armchair 28in. (71.1cm.) high; settee 28in. (71.1cm.) high, 50in. (127cm.) wide, 23in. (54.6cm.) deep
all with J. & J. Kohn paper label, settee also branded J. & J. KOHN TASCHEN/AUSTRIA (3)
Provenance
BC Holland, Inc., Chicago

Lot Essay

cf. Daniele Baroni and Antonio D'Auria, Josef Hoffmann e la Wiener Werksttte, 1981, p. 101, fig. 160 for a 1905 period photograph of the settee and armchair models with Hoffmann's 'Sitzmachine' reclining chair (see lot 305) and p. 111, fig. 277 for an illustration of the armchair model.

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