Adolf Loos, a “Knieschwimmer” armchair, variation used for, inter alia, the apartments of Arthur and Leonie Friedmann

Vienna, 1906, the house of Leopold Goldmann, Vienna, 1911, and the Müller Villa, Prague, 1907; executed by Friedrich Otto Schmidt, model number 4306, Vienna, before 1914.
The design of the “Kneeswimmer” reclining chair was modelled on the “Easy Chair” by Wilhelm Birch (1898). softwood frame, walnut wood, dark brown patinated; professionally restored; blue velvet cover (as new); four castors; signs of age and use; height 82.5 cm, height of seat 42.3 cm, depth 114 cm, width 73 cm. (MP)

Provenance:
English private ownership.

Literature:
Rukschcio, Schachel, Adolf Loos, p. 444, no. 454, cat. 51 (Friedmann apartment), p. 489, no. 545, cat. 84; Ottillinger, Adolf Loos, p. 53, no. 45 (Goldmann apartment), p. 149, no. 201 (Friedmann apartment); Rostás, Friedrich Otto Schmidt, model number: 4306, p. 413; Adolf Loos, Private Spaces, p. 118, cat. 73 (Müller Villa, Prague).