Attributed to Josef Hoffmann

painted pine, brass

The Chart Collection + Art AG, Basel
Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 6 December, 2005, lot 261
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Eindhoven, Piet Hein Eek, Roberto Polo's Choice, 20 October 2012 - 20 January 2013
Weimar, Neues Museum, Leidenschaft, Funktion und Schönheit: Henry van de Velde und sein Beitrag zur europäischen Moderne, 24 March - 23 June 2013

Peter Noever, Oswald Oberhuber, Josef Hoffmann, 1870-1956: Ornament zwischen Hoffnung und Verbrechen, Vienna, 1987, p. 73, cat. no. H25 for a relatable example
Werner Adriaenssens et al, Roberto Polo: The Eye, London, 2011, p. 472, illustrated
Thomas Föhl, Leidenschaft, Funktion und Schönheit: Henry van de Velde und sein Beitrag zur europäischen Moderne, exh. cat., 24 March - 23 June 2013, Weimar, 2013, p. 70, cat. no. 53, illustrated, p. 436

Overall good condition consistent with age and use. The white painted exterior has been touched up as can be witnessed under ultra violet light, concentrated mainly to the outer edges and base, however the majority of the original paint is intact and displays craquelere consistent with a finish of this age. A hairline to the top left proper rear of the cabinet approximately 7 cm running vertically and appears stable. The lock is later stamped with the rosemark of the Wiener Werkstätte twice and there are two associated keys.
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A comparable cabinet designed for Dr Hermann Wittgenstein by Josef Hoffmann for the Wiener Werkstätte, with double doors and without the superstructure, but with a similar profiled front in black and white, is in the collection of the Museum für Angewandte Kunst (MAK), Vienna. This aesthetic choice, as well as the 'T' model cabinet, was frequently used by Hoffmann and Moser in the early years of the Wiener Werkstätte.