Otto Wagner, an armchair, model: 718, for the telegraph office of “Die Zeit”", designed in 1901-02, executed by J. & J. Kohn, Vienna
beechwood; seat made of beech plywood; brown-stained; bands on the armrests with decorative nails and asymmetrical sabots made of aluminium; professionally restored, signs of age and use; the underside of the frame with brand mark; height 78.3 cm, height of seat 46 cm, width 56 cm, depth 48.8 cm. (MP)
Literature:
cf. models: Das Interieur IV, vol. 1903, p. 76f.; Otto Wagner, Möbel und Innenräume, p. 85, ill. 97, p. 106 (executed in brass and wickerwork), p. 197ff.; Ausstellungshaus Künstlerhaus, p. 52f. (executed with leather seat and brass studs, arm coverings and brass sabots); Renzi, Il mobile moderni, pp. 88 (examples: execution with wickerwork, brass and aluminium) etc.
The seating furniture from the interior design of the ground floor of the telegraph office of "Die Zeit" was published in 1903. The stools and armchairs were the first documented designs by Otto Wagner to be executed by J. & J. Kohn. The armchair was included in the sales programme of J. & J. Kohn and continued to be produced in several versions.
Specialist: Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.
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beechwood; seat made of beech plywood; brown-stained; bands on the armrests with decorative nails and asymmetrical sabots made of aluminium; professionally restored, signs of age and use; the underside of the frame with brand mark; height 78.3 cm, height of seat 46 cm, width 56 cm, depth 48.8 cm. (MP)
Literature:
cf. models: Das Interieur IV, vol. 1903, p. 76f.; Otto Wagner, Möbel und Innenräume, p. 85, ill. 97, p. 106 (executed in brass and wickerwork), p. 197ff.; Ausstellungshaus Künstlerhaus, p. 52f. (executed with leather seat and brass studs, arm coverings and brass sabots); Renzi, Il mobile moderni, pp. 88 (examples: execution with wickerwork, brass and aluminium) etc.
The seating furniture from the interior design of the ground floor of the telegraph office of "Die Zeit" was published in 1903. The stools and armchairs were the first documented designs by Otto Wagner to be executed by J. & J. Kohn. The armchair was included in the sales programme of J. & J. Kohn and continued to be produced in several versions.
Specialist: Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.
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