A pair of cabinets, the design attributed to Josef Hoffmann,
for the apartment of Gustav Siegel, Vienna, 1904, blue coated coniferous wood, hammered brass, height 198 cm, width 87 cm, depth 55 cm. (DRAX)
With an archival photograph from the previous owner showing part of the hallway with a suite of furniture and the wall system.
Provenance:
hallway of the apartment of Gustav Siegel, No. 50 Baumgasse, 1030 Vienna
Gustav Siegel was a student and friend of Josef Hoffmann. He recommended him to the J. & J. Kohn furniture factory, whose senior designer Siegel became. As Siegel’s granddaughter recalls, the blue-coloured furniture for this room was manufactured by the Wiener Werkstätte. It had been Hoffmann’s wedding gift to Siegel when the latter married in 1905.
20.06.2017 - 18:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 55,000.- to EUR 75,000.-
A pair of cabinets, the design attributed to Josef Hoffmann,
for the apartment of Gustav Siegel, Vienna, 1904, blue coated coniferous wood, hammered brass, height 198 cm, width 87 cm, depth 55 cm. (DRAX)
With an archival photograph from the previous owner showing part of the hallway with a suite of furniture and the wall system.
Provenance:
hallway of the apartment of Gustav Siegel, No. 50 Baumgasse, 1030 Vienna
Gustav Siegel was a student and friend of Josef Hoffmann. He recommended him to the J. & J. Kohn furniture factory, whose senior designer Siegel became. As Siegel’s granddaughter recalls, the blue-coloured furniture for this room was manufactured by the Wiener Werkstätte. It had been Hoffmann’s wedding gift to Siegel when the latter married in 1905.
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| Auction: | Design First |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 20.06.2017 - 18:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 10.06. - 20.06.2017 |
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Starting bid:
EUR 200.- -
Starting bid:
EUR 200.-