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Otto Wagner for the Österreichische Postsparkasse, manufactured by Thonet, circa 1906

A STAINED BENTWOOD SIDE CHAIR

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Otto Wagner for the Österreichische Postsparkasse, manufactured by Thonet, circa 1906
A STAINED BENTWOOD SIDE CHAIR
With perforated seat
89 cm. high
Branded mark Thonet

Special notice

Christie's charge a premium to the buyer on the final bid price of each lot sold at the following rates: 23.8% of the final bid price of each lot sold up to and including €150,000 and 14.28% of any amount in excess of €150,000. Buyers' premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

Lot Essay

Cf: Fünfundzwanzig Jahre Postsparkasse, Vienna, 1908
Otto Wagner. Die Österreichische Postsparkasse, Vienna, 1996, p. 65ff.
P. Asenbaum, P. Haiko, H. Lachmayer, R. Zettl,Otto Wagner, Möbel und Innenräume, Vienna, 1984, p. 211

The present chair was designed for the Grossraumbüro at the Postsparkasse.

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