Seltener Satz von 12 Stühlen für Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein (1882–1958)

according to remnants of paper labels, executed by the Kohn company in Vienna, beechwood and bent beechwood, medallion-shaped backrests, woven cane painted white, backrest height c. 94 cm, seat height c. 48 cm, holes in the woven cane seats of three chairs, signs of age and use. (DOC)
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originally Stonborough-Wittgenstein family

This set of chairs comes from the Wittgenstein House (3rd district, Kundmanngasse 19), built in 1926/27 for Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein, sister of Ludwig Wittgenstein, to designs by the Loos pupil Paul Engelmann and Ludwig Wittgenstein himself. Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein (1882–1958) was the youngest daughter of the steel magnate Karl Wittgenstein and sister of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and the pianist Paul Wittgenstein.
Specialist: Alexander Doczy