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A 'Sitzmaschine' adjustable armchair, model no. 670, designed 1908
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JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
A 'Sitzmaschine' adjustable armchair, model no. 670, designed 1908
executed by Jacob & Josef Kohn, Vienna, Austria, stained beech, stained beech plywood, steel
45 ¼ high x 26 ¾ wide x 32 in. deep (115 x 67 x 81 cm.)
underside branded J.J. KOHN/Teschen Austria
A 'Sitzmaschine' adjustable armchair, model no. 670, designed 1908
executed by Jacob & Josef Kohn, Vienna, Austria, stained beech, stained beech plywood, steel
45 ¼ high x 26 ¾ wide x 32 in. deep (115 x 67 x 81 cm.)
underside branded J.J. KOHN/Teschen Austria
Literature
Other examples of this model illustrated:
W.J. Schweiger, Wiener Werkstätte: Design in Vienna, 1903-1932, New York, 1984, p. 79;
D.E. Ostergard, ed., Bent Wood and Metal Furniture: 1850-1946, exh. cat., The American Federation of Arts, New York, 1987, p. 258, fig. 56;
G. Fahr-Becker, Wiener Werkstatte 1903-1932, Cologne, 1995, p. 35.
W.J. Schweiger, Wiener Werkstätte: Design in Vienna, 1903-1932, New York, 1984, p. 79;
D.E. Ostergard, ed., Bent Wood and Metal Furniture: 1850-1946, exh. cat., The American Federation of Arts, New York, 1987, p. 258, fig. 56;
G. Fahr-Becker, Wiener Werkstatte 1903-1932, Cologne, 1995, p. 35.
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