JOSEF HOFFMANN DESIGN FOUR PIECE SALON SUITE.

Vienna, Austria early 20th century. The suite comprised of a settee, two armchairs bearing the paper label of Mundus, and a hammered brass and beechwood circular side table. The settee and armchairs similar to earlier example marketed by Jacob & Josef Kohn as suite no. 423. The settee and armchairs each with bent beech wood, brown stained and polished U-form outswept crest rail joined to vertical bentwood supports centering a curved padded back above a U-shaped seat,each seat frame with suspended spherules beneath the front corners. Frame fitted with cushioned pad. The whole within a U-shaped frame, the pilasters continuing as leg supports. Now covered in a burgundy leather fabric in the style of the Wiener Werkstätte. The circular side table with sheet hammered brass top within a bentwood beech frame raised on a column with incurved sides fitted to a circular plinth base covered with conforming hammered brass base cover raised on compressed ball feet. NOTE: The seating group from a design by Josef Hoffmann in 1906 and manufactured initially by J. & J. Kohn as model no. 423 C/F. The set shows the design principles of Jugendstil in Vienna. The form is based on a semicircular seat frame. Vertical flat rods on a U-stand are supported by spherical links. Seats and rests are padded and covered with a fabric in the style of the Wiener Werkstätte. Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956). Josef Hoffmann was the son of intellectual, supportive parents who ensured he received the best possible education at the State Industrial School in Brno and later at the Academy for Fine Arts in Vienna under Otto Wagner. It was here, he got to know Joseph Maria Olbrich with whom he founded the Vienna Secession in 1897 that he already left again in 1905. He worked as a teacher at the arts college from 1899. In 1903 he founded the Vienna Workshop with Fritz Warndorfer and Koloman Moser. He co-founded the German Werkbund and, in 1912, the Austrian Werkbund. He worked as a designer and architect and his designs are still extremely popular. Jacob & Josef Kohn. Jacob Kohn (1791–1866) founded his company together with his son Josef (1814–1884) in 1849. They produced wooden components and soon began producing bentwood. They opened production centers in Bohemia, Krakow and Russia and already in 1900 more than 6300 workers were busy producing more than 5500 pieces of furniture each day. Thanks to the cooperation with such renowned artists as Josef Hoffmann, Otto Wagner, Adolf Loos and Gustav Siegel, the company soon made a name for itself as the producer of fashionable and modern furniture. They received many awards, gold medals and even medals from Austria, Spain, Belgium and Russia. The company merged with the Mundus AG in 1914 that also produced for Thonet (Thonet-Kohn-Mundus). Mundus Furniture: In 1914 Mundus merged with J. & J. Kohn, and in 1922 with Gebrüder Thonet. SIZE: Armchairs: 30-1/2″ h x 17-1/2″ seat height x 22-1/2″ w x 22-1/2″ d. Settee: 31″ h x 18-1/2 seat height x 49″ w x 23-1/2″ d. Table: 29″ h x 22-1/2″ dia. CONDITION: Settee and armchairs with irregularly sun-bleached surfaces. Proper left hand grip of settee with crescent shaped patch. Proper right arm with rectangular patch on outer edge of hand grip. Otherwise structurally good. Sheet brass tabletop in need of reattaching to table frame. Two of the six compressed ball feet absent otherwise good. 50301-1 (3,000-5,000) – Lot 3029

Auction: Fine Art, Asian & Antique Auction - August 2016

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	3029	$0.00	JOSEF HOFFMANN DESIGN FOUR PIECE SALON SUITE. Vienna, Austria early 20th century. The suite comprised of a settee, two armchairs bearing the paper label of Mundus, and a hammered brass and beechwood circular side table. The settee and armchairs similar to earlier example marketed by Jacob & Josef Kohn as suite no. 423. The settee and armchairs each with bent beech wood, brown stained and polished U-form outswept crest rail joined to vertical bentwood supports centering a curved padded back above a U-shaped seat,each seat frame with suspended spherules beneath the front corners. Frame fitted with cushioned pad. The whole within a U-shaped frame, the pilasters continuing as leg supports. Now covered in a burgundy leather fabric in the style of the Wiener Werkstätte. The circular side table with sheet hammered brass top within a bentwood beech frame raised on a column with incurved sides fitted to a circular plinth base covered with conforming hammered brass base cover raised on compressed ball feet. NOTE: The seating group from a design by Josef Hoffmann in 1906 and manufactured initially by J. & J. Kohn as model no. 423 C/F. The set shows the design principles of Jugendstil in Vienna. The form is based on a semicircular seat frame. Vertical flat rods on a U-stand are supported by spherical links. Seats and rests are padded and covered with a fabric in the style of the Wiener Werkstätte. Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956). Josef Hoffmann was the son of intellectual, supportive parents who ensured he received the best possible education at the State Industrial School in Brno and later at the Academy for Fine Arts in Vienna under Otto Wagner. It was here, he got to know Joseph Maria Olbrich with whom he founded the Vienna Secession in 1897 that he already left again in 1905. He worked as a teacher at the arts college from 1899. In 1903 he founded the Vienna Workshop with Fritz Warndorfer and Koloman Moser. He co-founded the German Werkbund and, in 1912, the Austrian Werkbund. He worked as a designer and architect and his designs are still extremely popular. Jacob & Josef Kohn. Jacob Kohn (1791–1866) founded his company together with his son Josef (1814–1884) in 1849. They produced wooden components and soon began producing bentwood. They opened production centers in Bohemia, Krakow and Russia and already in 1900 more than 6300 workers were busy producing more than 5500 pieces of furniture each day. Thanks to the cooperation with such renowned artists as Josef Hoffmann, Otto Wagner, Adolf Loos and Gustav Siegel, the company soon made a name for itself as the producer of fashionable and modern furniture. They received many awards, gold medals and even medals from Austria, Spain, Belgium and Russia. The company merged with the Mundus AG in 1914 that also produced for Thonet (Thonet-Kohn-Mundus). Mundus Furniture: In 1914 Mundus merged with J. & J. Kohn, and in 1922 with Gebrüder Thonet. SIZE: Armchairs: 30-1/2″ h x 17-1/2″ seat height x 22-1/2″ w x 22-1/2″ d. Settee: 31″ h x 18-1/2 seat height x 49″ w x 23-1/2″ d. Table: 29″ h x 22-1/2″ dia. CONDITION: Settee and armchairs with irregularly sun-bleached surfaces. Proper left hand grip of settee with crescent shaped patch. Proper right arm with rectangular patch on outer edge of hand grip. Otherwise structurally good. Sheet brass tabletop in need of reattaching to table frame. Two of the six compressed ball feet absent otherwise good. 50301-1 (3,000-5,000) – Lot 3029 Auction: Fine Art, Asian & Antique Auction - August 2016 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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JOSEF HOFFMANN DESIGN FOUR PIECE SALON SUITE.