A RARE AND IMPORTANT EBONIZED WOOD AND ALUMINUM DESK
A RARE AND IMPORTANT EBONIZED WOOD AND ALUMINUM DESK

OTTO WAGNER, FOR THE STERREICHISCHE POSTSPARKASSE, THONET, CIRCA 1904-1906

細節
A RARE AND IMPORTANT EBONIZED WOOD AND ALUMINUM DESK
Otto Wagner, for the sterreichische Postsparkasse, Thonet, circa 1904-1906
43in. (109.2cm.) high, 46in. (118cm.) wide, 25in. (64.8cm.) deep
來源
Paul Asenbaum, Vienna

拍品專文

The desk was designed for the Buchungsbro (Deposits Office).

cf. Fnfundzwanzig Jahre Postsparkasse, Vienna, 1908; Paul Asenbaum et al., Otto Wagner: Mbel und Innenrme, 1984, p. 211, fig. 269 for a period photograph of the desk model in situ and p. 212, figs. 271-272 for illustrations of the front and reverse of the desk.