t the 1908 Kunstchau in Vienna, Hoffmann presented a model country house, for which he designed bentwood furniture, manufactured by J.&.J.Kohn. A contemporary photograph of the display (illustrated Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, October 1908, p.37) shows a two- seat version of the present design placed on the porch.
The 1906 J.&.J.Kohn catalogue offered the present armchair version for sale, under cat. no 371/F 3Cf.
See: Dorothee Müller, Klassiker des modernen Möberldesign, Keysers Verlagsbuchandlung, München, 1980, p. 105, pl.77
Derek E. Ostergard, BentWood and Metal Furniture, The University of Washington Press, New York, 1987, p. 255 256, pl. 54a and 54b.