Lot Essay
An example of this model is in the permanent collection of the Musée d'Orsay, Paris (acc. no. OAO 895).
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KOLOMAN MOSER (1868-1918)
Pair of Armchairs, No. 422, designed circa 1907
Details
KOLOMAN MOSER (1868-1918)
Pair of Armchairs, No. 422, designed circa 1907
manufactured by Jacob & Josef Kohn, Vienna
curly maple, beech, brass, velvet upholstery
31 9/16 x 27 3/8 x 25 3/4 in. (80.2 x 69.5 x 65.4 cm)
Pair of Armchairs, No. 422, designed circa 1907
manufactured by Jacob & Josef Kohn, Vienna
curly maple, beech, brass, velvet upholstery
31 9/16 x 27 3/8 x 25 3/4 in. (80.2 x 69.5 x 65.4 cm)
Provenance
Dorotheum, Vienna, 29 May 2001, lot 206
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
J. & J. Kohn, catalogue, Vienna, 1908, front cover (for an illustration of this model)
J. & J. Kohn, catalogue, Vienna, 1911, p. 54
M. Rich, Vienna 1900-1930: Art in the Home, exh. cat., Historical Design Inc., New York, 1996, pp. 42, 43 (for the J. & J. Kohn 1908 catalogue cover with an illustration of this model)
G. Renzi, Il Mobile Moderno: Gebruder Thonet Vienna Jacob and Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, p. 222
J. & J. Kohn, catalogue, Vienna, 1911, p. 54
M. Rich, Vienna 1900-1930: Art in the Home, exh. cat., Historical Design Inc., New York, 1996, pp. 42, 43 (for the J. & J. Kohn 1908 catalogue cover with an illustration of this model)
G. Renzi, Il Mobile Moderno: Gebruder Thonet Vienna Jacob and Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, p. 222