Lot No. 332 +


Elephant trunk table, Adolf Loos


Elephant trunk table, Adolf Loos - Collection Reinhold Hofstätter

in collaboration with Max Schmidt / Werkmeister Berka, executed by Kunsttischlerei Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Vienna, after 1900. Six-legged structure made of mahogany, tiles, brass fittings and brass sabots. Height c. 65 cm, diameter c. 70 cm. Signs of age and wear, scratches and worn areas, isolated minor chips. Adolf Loos used this table model in different variations (6 and 8-legged models, size of the table top, with and without brass appliqués as well as table-top inlays.) An identical specimen is preserved in the collection of the Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna (exh. in the permanent exhibition “Design/Arts and Crafts 1890 – 1938”).

Cf. Literature:
Eva B. Ottilinger, Adolf Loos. Wohnkonzepte und Möbelentwürfe, Salzburg/Vienna, 1994, p. 47, ill. 39, p. 154f. Ill. 39: Elephant trunk table, six-legged version, after 1900, oakwood with tiles, brass bands and sabots, execution: F. O. Schmidt, former Imperial Furniture Collection, Vienna. Burkhardt Rukschcio/Roland Schachel, Adolf Loos. Leben und Werk, Salzburg/Vienna 1982. p. 423f., cat. no. 12, Gustav and Marie Turnowsky apartment, Vienna IV, Wohllebengasse 19, c. 1900, ill. 418, seating corner in the study, Wohllebengasse, photograph c. 1900. Vera Behal, Zwei bekannte Loos-Möbel: der “Ägyptische Hocker” und der “Elefantenrüsseltisch”, in: Alte und Moderne Kunst XXVII/182 (1982), p. 56f.

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

Mathias.Harnisch@dorotheum.at

26.09.2017 - 17:00

Realized price: **
EUR 29,002.-
Estimate:
EUR 20,000.- to EUR 30,000.-

Elephant trunk table, Adolf Loos


in collaboration with Max Schmidt / Werkmeister Berka, executed by Kunsttischlerei Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Vienna, after 1900. Six-legged structure made of mahogany, tiles, brass fittings and brass sabots. Height c. 65 cm, diameter c. 70 cm. Signs of age and wear, scratches and worn areas, isolated minor chips. Adolf Loos used this table model in different variations (6 and 8-legged models, size of the table top, with and without brass appliqués as well as table-top inlays.) An identical specimen is preserved in the collection of the Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna (exh. in the permanent exhibition “Design/Arts and Crafts 1890 – 1938”).

Cf. Literature:
Eva B. Ottilinger, Adolf Loos. Wohnkonzepte und Möbelentwürfe, Salzburg/Vienna, 1994, p. 47, ill. 39, p. 154f. Ill. 39: Elephant trunk table, six-legged version, after 1900, oakwood with tiles, brass bands and sabots, execution: F. O. Schmidt, former Imperial Furniture Collection, Vienna. Burkhardt Rukschcio/Roland Schachel, Adolf Loos. Leben und Werk, Salzburg/Vienna 1982. p. 423f., cat. no. 12, Gustav and Marie Turnowsky apartment, Vienna IV, Wohllebengasse 19, c. 1900, ill. 418, seating corner in the study, Wohllebengasse, photograph c. 1900. Vera Behal, Zwei bekannte Loos-Möbel: der “Ägyptische Hocker” und der “Elefantenrüsseltisch”, in: Alte und Moderne Kunst XXVII/182 (1982), p. 56f.

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

Mathias.Harnisch@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Collection Reinhold Hofstätter - Furniture and Decorative Art
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 26.09.2017 - 17:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 20.09. - 26.09.2017


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