A PAIR OF HAMMERED SILVERED METAL VASES
THE PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN COLLECTOR
A PAIR OF HAMMERED SILVERED METAL VASES

DESIGNED BY JOSEF HOFFMANN, MADE BY THE WIENER WERKSTÄTTE, 1920S

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A PAIR OF HAMMERED SILVERED METAL VASES
DESIGNED BY JOSEF HOFFMANN, MADE BY THE WIENER WERKSTÄTTE, 1920s
6¾in. (117cm.) high
stamped designer's monogram, WIENER WERK/STÄTTE and MADE IN AUSTRIA (2)

Lot Essay

Designs incorporating both fluting, and fine hammering as a decorative rather than purely technical device, are typical of Hoffmann's work throughout the 1920s, when his creative direction was very much influenced by Peche's softer, more painterly designs.

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