Lot No. 27


A small, fireside armchair, a variant based on a design by Adolf Loos (in collaboration with Heinrich Kulka),


A small, fireside armchair, a variant based on a design by Adolf Loos (in collaboration with Heinrich Kulka), - Design

manufactured by Friedrich Otto Schmidt, solid wooden frame on four legs, the loose seat cushion covered with pale violet textile fabric, the backrest covered with identical fabric and featuring decorative studs, height approx. 67 cm, width approx. 55 cm, depth approx. 55 cm, height of seat approx. 36 cm. (MHA)

Adolf Loos used variants of this model for the apartment of Josef Vogl in Plzeň, Czechia, the Villa Müller in Prague (1928), and the Country House Khuner in Payerbach, Lower Austria (1930). Various modifications of this chair are registered in the Friedrich Otto Schmidt factory archives under model no. SREN 72. This chair model was adapted by F. O. Schmidt for clients.

Cf. Lit.:
M. Kristan, Adolf Loos Villen, Vienna 2001, p. 111 (view from the gallery into the hall), p. 115 (the son’s room on the upper floor), p. 125; B. Rukschcio, R. Schachel, Adolf Loos Leben und Werk, Salzburg/Vienna 1982, pp. 622/23, no. 199.

Provenance:
Friedrich Otto Schmidt factory archives

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

Mathias.Harnisch@dorotheum.at

10.05.2021 - 15:04

Realized price: **
EUR 1,280.-
Estimate:
EUR 1,200.- to EUR 1,800.-

A small, fireside armchair, a variant based on a design by Adolf Loos (in collaboration with Heinrich Kulka),


manufactured by Friedrich Otto Schmidt, solid wooden frame on four legs, the loose seat cushion covered with pale violet textile fabric, the backrest covered with identical fabric and featuring decorative studs, height approx. 67 cm, width approx. 55 cm, depth approx. 55 cm, height of seat approx. 36 cm. (MHA)

Adolf Loos used variants of this model for the apartment of Josef Vogl in Plzeň, Czechia, the Villa Müller in Prague (1928), and the Country House Khuner in Payerbach, Lower Austria (1930). Various modifications of this chair are registered in the Friedrich Otto Schmidt factory archives under model no. SREN 72. This chair model was adapted by F. O. Schmidt for clients.

Cf. Lit.:
M. Kristan, Adolf Loos Villen, Vienna 2001, p. 111 (view from the gallery into the hall), p. 115 (the son’s room on the upper floor), p. 125; B. Rukschcio, R. Schachel, Adolf Loos Leben und Werk, Salzburg/Vienna 1982, pp. 622/23, no. 199.

Provenance:
Friedrich Otto Schmidt factory archives

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

Mathias.Harnisch@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Design
Auction type: Online auction
Date: 10.05.2021 - 15:04
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 03.05. - 10.05.2021


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