Josef Hoffmann, attributed to

Estimate

6,000 - 9,000 GBP

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Description

A chest
73.5cm. high by 87cm. wide by 45cm. deep;
2ft. 5in., 2ft. 10 1/4 in., 1ft. 5 1/2 in.

ebonised oak and inlaid with birch and walnut, the hinged top enclosing a void interior, all sides and interior of base with inlaid square

Catalogue Note

A chair designed by Hoffmann, with a comparable nine chequered inlaid panel, can be seen in a contemporary photograph of the Villa Spitzer. See: Daniele Baroni and Antonio D'Auria, Josef Hoffmann e la Wiener Werkstätte, Milan, 1981, p.39.