Design
Design
"Sitzmaschine" Chair
Lot Closed
March 15, 02:27 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Josef Hoffmann
"Sitzmaschine" Chair
circa 1905
model no. 670
produced by J. & J. Kohn, Vienna, Austria
stained beech wood, iron
43 1/4 x 25 1/2 x 32 1/4 in. (109.8 x 64.8 x 81.9 cm)
Private Collection, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Daniele Baroni and Antonio d'Auria, Josef Hoffmann e la Weiner Werkstätte, Milan, 1981, front cover and pp. 63 and 101
Derek E. Ostergard, Bentwood and Metal Furniture: 1850-1946, New York, 1987, p. 258
Christian Brandstätter, Wiener Werkstätte: Design in Vienna 1903-1932, New York, 2003, pp. 82-83
Judith A. Barter, ed., Apostles of Beauty: Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago, exh. cat., The Art Institute of Chicago, 2009, p. 42
