A black lacquered tub armchair

DESIGNED BY JOSEF HOFFMANN, MANUFACTURED BY J. & J. KOHN, CIRCA 1914

Details
A black lacquered tub armchair
Designed by Josef Hoffmann, manufactured by J. & J. Kohn, circa 1914
Panelled back, shaped arms, padded and buttoned 'leopard' upholstery
32½in. (82.5cm.) high
Stamped mark J. & J. Kohn ...in Austria and dated 7 IV 14
Provenance
Private European collection.

Lot Essay

This design by Hoffmann was exhibited in the Austrian Pavilion at the Deutsche Werkbund, Cologne, in 1914 (see reproduction).
The replaced upholstery is a close replica of the fabric with which it would originally have been covered, and has been matched to traces of the original which remained on the chair.
See: Jahrbuch des Deutschen Werkbundes, 1915, p. 62 (reproduced right).

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