Josef Hoffmann, settee, model number: 421/C, designed in 1906, produced since 1906, added to the catalogue in 1907, executed by Jacob & Josef Kohn, Vienna

beechwood, brown-stained; the back rest with brass rivets; the seat cushion, ochre-yellow leather cover and metal buttons have been professionally replaced; professionally restored; signs of age and use; height 71.7 cm, height of seat 45 cm, length 124.5 cm, depth 60 cm. (MP)

Literature:
Die Kunst, X/18, Munich 1908, p. 541; repr. in: Moderne Bauformen, VII, Stuttgart 1908, p. 370; Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Gustav Klimt und die Kunstschau 1908, p. 414; Renzi, Il mobile moderno, p. 200 et passim.

Specialist: Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.