Josef Hoffmann, an armchair, model 322/F, designed in c. 1904, 1906 catalogue, executed by Jacob & Josef Kohn, Vienna

beechwood, bent, red-brown stained; back rest insert made of perforated plywood; brown leather cover and upholstery professionally restored after the original; signs of age and use; height 98.5 cm, height of seat 48 cm, width 62 cm, depth 50.5 cm. (MP)

Provenance:
German Private Ownership.

Literature:
Kohn catalogue, 1906, model 322 F; Renzi, Il mobile moderno, p. 66 (with historical photograph); cf. chair without armrests for the Purkersdorf sanatorium: The Art-Revival in Austria, Charles Holme Special Number The Studio, London 1906, ill. C 10; Künstlerhaus exhibition, Gebogenes Holz, p. 72f.; MAK, Josef Hoffmann, Ornament zwischen Hoffnung und Verbrechen, p. 55 et passim.

This armchair is a very rare item. The model without armrests was used in the dining room of the Purkersdorf Sanatorium. A group of six chairs covered with textile was exhibited at the 1906 World’s Fair in Milan.

Specialist: Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.