c. 1918 / 1919, for Strasser House, Vienna, manufactured by J. Veillich, solid wooden frame on four legs with artfully carved openwork back rests, upholstered seat with leather cover and decorative nails. Dimensions of each armchair: height c. 93 cm, width c. 65 cm, depth c. 55 cm, height of seat c. 48 cm. (MHA)

The so-called Strasser House on 28 Kupelwiesergasse in Vienna’s 13th district was originally built for Heinrich Ritter Loebenstein von Aigenhorst in 1896. In 1918-1919 Adolf Loos altered it for the Viennese manufacturer Karl Strasser. During this period, master carpenter J. Veillich was commissioned to create the present armchairs.

Adolf Loos also used very similar armchair model in Turnowsky‘s apartment.

Lit.:
Dietmar Steiner: Architektur in Wien. (300 sehenswerte Bauten), edited by Magistrat der Stadt Wien, Vienna: Magistrat 1984, p. 119; Burkhardt Rukschio / Roland Schachel: Adolf Loos. Leben und Werk. Salzburg: Residenz-Verlag 1982, ill. 111, 606, p. 111, 524; Ottokar Uhl: Moderne Architektur in Wien von Otto Wagner bis heute. Vienna: Schroll 1966, p. 72; Ludwig Münz / Gustav Künstler: Der Architekt Adolf Loos. Darstellung seines Schaffens nach Werkgruppen. Chronologisches Werkverzeichnis. Vienna: Schroll 1964, pp. 43, 82 f. (Strasser House)

Provenance:
Originally Strasser House, 1130 Vienna, No. 28 Kupelwiesergasse
by inheritance to the current owner in 1998