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An Enquiring Eye: Property from a Distinguished Private Collector
JOSEF URBAN (1872-1933)
Set of Six Chairs, Model No. 405, designed for the Paul Hofner Restaurant, Vienna, 1903
Details
JOSEF URBAN (1872-1933)
Set of Six Chairs, Model No. 405, designed for the Paul Hofner Restaurant, Vienna, 1903
manufactured by Gerbrüder Thonet, Vienna, Austria
painted beech, steel, brass leather upholstery
38 ½ x 16 x 21 1⁄8 in. (97.8 x 40.7 x 53.6 cm) (each)
each branded THONET, four chairs with fragments of original paper labels
Set of Six Chairs, Model No. 405, designed for the Paul Hofner Restaurant, Vienna, 1903
manufactured by Gerbrüder Thonet, Vienna, Austria
painted beech, steel, brass leather upholstery
38 ½ x 16 x 21 1⁄8 in. (97.8 x 40.7 x 53.6 cm) (each)
each branded THONET, four chairs with fragments of original paper labels
Provenance
Barry Friedman Ltd., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1984
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1984
Literature
Das Interieur, Vienna, no. VII, 1906, p. 21 (for a period photograph of the model in the Paul Hofner Restaurant)
C. Holme, The Art-Revival in Austria, New York, 1906, plate C61
A. S. Levetus, "Austrian architecture and decoration," The Studio Yearbook of decorative art, 1911, p. 230 (for a period photograph)
Against the Grain: Bentwood Furniture from the Collection of Fern and Manfred Steinfeld, exh. cat., The Art Institute of Chicago, 1993, p. 98
Thonet catalogue de 1904. Meubles en bois courbé, Brussels, 1998, p. 117, no. 405
G. Renzi, Il mobile moderno. Gerbrüder Thonet Vienna. Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, pp. 116-117
C. Holme, The Art-Revival in Austria, New York, 1906, plate C61
A. S. Levetus, "Austrian architecture and decoration," The Studio Yearbook of decorative art, 1911, p. 230 (for a period photograph)
Against the Grain: Bentwood Furniture from the Collection of Fern and Manfred Steinfeld, exh. cat., The Art Institute of Chicago, 1993, p. 98
Thonet catalogue de 1904. Meubles en bois courbé, Brussels, 1998, p. 117, no. 405
G. Renzi, Il mobile moderno. Gerbrüder Thonet Vienna. Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, pp. 116-117
Further details
This model can be found in the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (inv. no. W.27-1982).
Brought to you by
Victoria Allerton Tudor
Vice President, Specialist, Head of Sale