A “Haberfeld” table, designed by Adolf Loos,
manufactured by F. O. Schmidt, Vienna, after 1899, mahogany, brass sabots, the top with a brass surround and inlaid with tiles, inscribed: SHERWIN’S PATENT/LOOK BACK/TRADE MARK/ENGLAND, six legs, height 66 cm, diameter 86 cm. (DRAX)
Adolf Loos used this table model and variations of it several times, such as in 1899 for the seating area in the family living room of the art historian and writer Dr. Hugo Haberfeld in Vienna’s 8th district at No. 53 Alser Straße. He subsequently resorted to this furniture item time and again, for instance in 1901, when he furnished the Stoessl apartment in Vienna’s 13th district at No. 235 Auhofstraße.
Lit.: cf. Das Interieur, IV, Vienna 1903, pp. 14–16 – L. Hevesi, Adolf Loos, feuilleton in: Fremdenblatt, Vienna, 22 Nov. 1907 – B. Rukschio, R. Schachel, Adolf Loos, Salzburg/Vienna 1982, p. 421, fig. 410, p. 71, fig. 63 – E. B. Ottillinger, Adolf Loos. Wohnkonzepte und Möbel-entwürfe, Salzburg/Vienna 1994, p. 48, fig. 40, p. 48, fig. 40, p. 102, fig. 125 – M. Kristan, Adolf Loos - Wohnungen, Album Verlag, 2001, p. 23 (Hugo Haberfeld apartment, Vienna VIII, No. 53 Alser Straße, seating area) – W. Zednicek, Adolf Loos, Vienna 2004, p. 97, fig. 89.
Specialist: Dr. Gerti Draxler
Dr. Gerti Draxler
+43-1-515 60-226
gerti.draxler@dorotheum.at
20.05.2015 - 18:00
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EUR 8,000.- to EUR 12,000.-
A “Haberfeld” table, designed by Adolf Loos,
manufactured by F. O. Schmidt, Vienna, after 1899, mahogany, brass sabots, the top with a brass surround and inlaid with tiles, inscribed: SHERWIN’S PATENT/LOOK BACK/TRADE MARK/ENGLAND, six legs, height 66 cm, diameter 86 cm. (DRAX)
Adolf Loos used this table model and variations of it several times, such as in 1899 for the seating area in the family living room of the art historian and writer Dr. Hugo Haberfeld in Vienna’s 8th district at No. 53 Alser Straße. He subsequently resorted to this furniture item time and again, for instance in 1901, when he furnished the Stoessl apartment in Vienna’s 13th district at No. 235 Auhofstraße.
Lit.: cf. Das Interieur, IV, Vienna 1903, pp. 14–16 – L. Hevesi, Adolf Loos, feuilleton in: Fremdenblatt, Vienna, 22 Nov. 1907 – B. Rukschio, R. Schachel, Adolf Loos, Salzburg/Vienna 1982, p. 421, fig. 410, p. 71, fig. 63 – E. B. Ottillinger, Adolf Loos. Wohnkonzepte und Möbel-entwürfe, Salzburg/Vienna 1994, p. 48, fig. 40, p. 48, fig. 40, p. 102, fig. 125 – M. Kristan, Adolf Loos - Wohnungen, Album Verlag, 2001, p. 23 (Hugo Haberfeld apartment, Vienna VIII, No. 53 Alser Straße, seating area) – W. Zednicek, Adolf Loos, Vienna 2004, p. 97, fig. 89.
Specialist: Dr. Gerti Draxler
Dr. Gerti Draxler
+43-1-515 60-226
gerti.draxler@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Design |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 20.05.2015 - 18:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 13.05. - 20.05.2015 |