Writing case, designed by Josef Hoffmann and Mathilde Floegl, executed by the Wiener Werkstaette

Writing case
Design Josef Hoffmann and Mathilde Floegl
Execution Wiener Werkstaette
Circa 1924
Leather with gold embossing, stamped
35 x 27 cm, opened 35 x 54 cm
Damaged

The leather department of the Wiener Werkstaette produced high-quality leather products in the 1920s. From one and a half metre high top cabinets by Otto Prutscher to matchbox covers by Josef Hoffmann, they produced their artistically crafted objects primarily in gold-embossed goatskin.

The shape of this writing case was designed by Josef Hoffmann around 1919. Mathilde Floegl was responsible for the decoration around 1925. She was Hoffmann's pupil and one of the most artistically versatile women of the Wiener Werkstaette. The materials used were leather embossed with gold and silk on the inside. The portfolio is marked with the gold stamp "Wiener Werk Staette".

Literature:
Same model, Wiener Werkstaette in the Museum of Applied Arts MAK, Vienna, inventory number LE 541-1.