Lot Essay
cf. Christopher Wilk, Thonet: 150 Years of Furniture, 1980, p. 64, fig. 72; Paul Asenbaum et al., Otto Wagner: Mbel und Innenrume, 1984, p. 210, fig. 267; Derek E. Ostergard, ed., Bent Wood and Metal Furniture 1850-1946, 1987, p. 248, cat. no. 48; Muse d'Orsay, Catalogue sommaire illustr de arts dcoratifs, 1988, p. 220, fig. OAO 1052 for illustrations of this model, designed for the main banking hall of the Austrian Postal Savings Bank.