Lot No. 52


A stool, designed by Josef Frank, Vienna c. 1928


A stool, designed by Josef Frank, Vienna c. 1928 - Design

for Haus & Garten, manufactured by Thonet-Mundus AG, bent and coated beechwood, woven seat, height approx. 39 cm, width approx. 45 cm, depth approx. 42 cm. (MHA)

In the Thonet-Mundus factory catalogue No. 147 (1928), the stool was offered with a plywood seat as Model No. B 313. The model featuring a woven seat of coloured strings was based on a design by Josef Frank.

Lit.:
Thonet-Mundus factory catalogue, no 147, 1928; E. B. Ottillinger, Gebrüder Thonet. Möbel aus gebogenem Holz, Vienna 2003, cat. 60, pp. 88/89; H. W. Lang, Thonets einzige Niederlage, in: Parnass, 3/2003, p. 142; M. Wallner, Haus & Garten - Frank & Wlach, Graz 2010, pp. 85, 108, 186

Specialist: Mathias Harnisch, MA Mathias Harnisch, MA
+43-1-515 60-242

Mathias.Harnisch@dorotheum.at

02.11.2017 - 17:00

Estimate:
EUR 1,500.- to EUR 2,600.-

A stool, designed by Josef Frank, Vienna c. 1928


for Haus & Garten, manufactured by Thonet-Mundus AG, bent and coated beechwood, woven seat, height approx. 39 cm, width approx. 45 cm, depth approx. 42 cm. (MHA)

In the Thonet-Mundus factory catalogue No. 147 (1928), the stool was offered with a plywood seat as Model No. B 313. The model featuring a woven seat of coloured strings was based on a design by Josef Frank.

Lit.:
Thonet-Mundus factory catalogue, no 147, 1928; E. B. Ottillinger, Gebrüder Thonet. Möbel aus gebogenem Holz, Vienna 2003, cat. 60, pp. 88/89; H. W. Lang, Thonets einzige Niederlage, in: Parnass, 3/2003, p. 142; M. Wallner, Haus & Garten - Frank & Wlach, Graz 2010, pp. 85, 108, 186

Specialist: Mathias Harnisch, MA Mathias Harnisch, MA
+43-1-515 60-242

Mathias.Harnisch@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Design
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 02.11.2017 - 17:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 27.10. - 02.11.2017

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