A mahogany side chair

DESIGNED BY RICHARD RIEMERSCHMID, MANUFACTURED BY THE DRESDENER WERKSTÄTTEN, CIRCA 1905

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A mahogany side chair
Designed by Richard Riemerschmid, manufactured by the Dresdener Werkstätten, circa 1905
Bowed back with affixed upper panel and transverse stretchers, the later padded leather seat over old cane
36¼in. (92cm.) high
Provenance
Private collection, Munich.

Lot Essay

This design was incorporated in several rooms at the Haus Thieme, Munich.
See: Die Kunst, Vol. IX, 1906, p. 492, (reproduced right).
Deutscher Kunst und Dekoration, Vol. 11, 1907, p. 78.
Richard Riemerschmid, exh. cat. no. 135, p. 200; no. 140, p.209; cat. no. 135c (armchair version).

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