Sale 2492
New York
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17 December 2011
Price realised
USD 8,125
Estimate
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956) FOR J.& J. KOHN A Stained Bentwood Settee, circa 1903 with sycamore and black walnut veneer 28 in. (71.1 cm) high, 47½ in. (120.7 cm.) wide, 21 in. (53.3 cm.) deep with J.& J. Kohn Wien paper label
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cf. D. Baroni and A. D'Auria, Josef Hoffmann e la Wiener Werkstätte, 1981, p. 101, fig. 260 for a 1905 photograph of another settee of this model in a period interior.
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