A 'SEVEN BALL' BENTWOOD SIDE CHAIR

JOSEF HOFFMANN, FOR J. & J. KOHN, CIRCA 1906

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A 'SEVEN BALL' BENTWOOD SIDE CHAIR
Josef Hoffmann, for J. & J. Kohn, circa 1906
42.5/8in. (108.2cm.) high
with J. & J. Kohn paper label, and partial paper label K.k. sterr. Staatsbahn 30

Provenance

Barry Friedman, New York

Literature

Peter Barnet and MaryAnn Wilkinson, Decorative Arts 1900: Highlights from Private Collections in Detroit, 1993, p. 78, cat. no. 91

Exhibited

Detroit, Michigan, Detroit Institute of Arts, Decorative Arts 1900: Highlights from Private Collections in Detroit, November 7, 1993-January 9, 1994

Lot Essay

cf. Daniele Baroni and Antonio D'Auria, Josef Hoffmann e la Wiener Werksttte, 1981, p. 107, fig. 270; Siegfried Wichmann, Jugendstil Art Nouveau: Floral and Functional Forms, 1984, p. 165, fig. 337; Kirk Varnedoe, Vienna 1900: Art, Architecture and Design, 1986, p. 86 and Derek E. Ostergard, ed., Bent Wood and Metal Furniture 1850-1946, 1987, p. 255, cat. no. 54 for illustrations of the model.

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