An adjustable arm chair (“Seat Machine”), Model No. 670, designed by Josef Hoffmann,
manufactured by Jacob & Josef Kohn, Vienna, c. 1906, beech, bentwood and plywood, stained to simulate mahogany, bolted, with pierced rectangular and square ornament, the backrest adjustable to five positions, brass hinges, tubular brass, paper label to the underside of the seat frame: JACOB & JOSEF KOHN WIEN, height 106 cm, width 67.5 cm, depth 90–169 cm, height of seat 28 cm. (DRAX)
This model was presented at the “Kunstschau” in 1908.
Provenance:
private ownership, Vienna.
Lit.:
G. Renzi, II mobile moderno, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, pp. 160/161 - J. Uhlir, Vom Wiener Stuhl zum Architektenmöbel, Cologne, 2009, p. 93, no. 102 - E. B. Ottillinger, Gebrüder Thonet, Vienna, 2005, p. 88 - Bentwood and Metal Furniture 1850–1946, New York, 1987, pp. 257/258, no. 56 - Sitzgelegenheiten. Bugholz und Stahlrohrmöbel von Thonet, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, 1989, pp. 238/239 - J. & J. Kohn factory catalogue, 1916, reprint 1980, p. 68, no. 670.
Esperta: Dr. Gerti Draxler
Dr. Gerti Draxler
+43-1-515 60-226
gerti.draxler@dorotheum.at
06.11.2014 - 17:00
- Stima:
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EUR 15.000,- a EUR 20.000,-
An adjustable arm chair (“Seat Machine”), Model No. 670, designed by Josef Hoffmann,
manufactured by Jacob & Josef Kohn, Vienna, c. 1906, beech, bentwood and plywood, stained to simulate mahogany, bolted, with pierced rectangular and square ornament, the backrest adjustable to five positions, brass hinges, tubular brass, paper label to the underside of the seat frame: JACOB & JOSEF KOHN WIEN, height 106 cm, width 67.5 cm, depth 90–169 cm, height of seat 28 cm. (DRAX)
This model was presented at the “Kunstschau” in 1908.
Provenance:
private ownership, Vienna.
Lit.:
G. Renzi, II mobile moderno, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, pp. 160/161 - J. Uhlir, Vom Wiener Stuhl zum Architektenmöbel, Cologne, 2009, p. 93, no. 102 - E. B. Ottillinger, Gebrüder Thonet, Vienna, 2005, p. 88 - Bentwood and Metal Furniture 1850–1946, New York, 1987, pp. 257/258, no. 56 - Sitzgelegenheiten. Bugholz und Stahlrohrmöbel von Thonet, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, 1989, pp. 238/239 - J. & J. Kohn factory catalogue, 1916, reprint 1980, p. 68, no. 670.
Esperta: Dr. Gerti Draxler
Dr. Gerti Draxler
+43-1-515 60-226
gerti.draxler@dorotheum.at
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| Asta: | Design |
| Tipo d'asta: | Asta in sala |
| Data: | 06.11.2014 - 17:00 |
| Luogo dell'asta: | Wien | Palais Dorotheum |
| Esposizione: | 29.10. - 06.11.2014 |