Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne

Important Design: from Noguchi to Lalanne

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Property from a Private Family Collection, New York

Josef Hoffmann

An Important and Rare Vanity Set

Auction Closed

May 25, 06:32 PM GMT

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Family Collection, New York

Josef Hoffmann

An Important and Rare Vanity Set


1919

comprising one table mirror, two perfume bottles with stoppers, one large and one small lidded box, two circular lidded boxes and one ring dish

produced by the Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, Austria

silver, mirrored glass

table mirror impressed WW and JH with Austrian silver hallmarks and Rose trademark; perfume bottles and lidded boxes each impressed WIENER/WERK/STATTE, monogrammed WW and JH with an Austrian silver hallmark and Rose trademark; ring dish impressed WIENER/WERK/STATTE and monogrammed WW with an Austrian silver hallmark

table mirror: 14 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. (36.8 x 39.4 x 14.6 cm)

perfume bottles: 7 1/8 x 3 x 3 in. (18.1 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm) each

large lidded box: 3 1/2 x 6 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (8.9 x 16.2 x 8.6 cm)

small lidded box: 3 1/4 x 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 in. (8.2 x 12.1 x 8.6 cm)

circular lidded boxes: 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm) high each; 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm) diameter each

ring dish: 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm) high; 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm) diameter

Presented to the present owners as a wedding gift, 1957