Details
manufactured by J. & J. Kohn, Vienna
stained beech, leather, brass
35 x 2218 x 2112 in. (88.9 x 56.2 x 54.6 cm)
Provenance
Kunst Handel, Salzburg
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2002
Literature
J. & J. Kohn factory catalogue, 1916, p. 53, no. 725
C. Meyer ed., Josef Hoffmann, Architect and Designer 1870-1956, exh. cat., Galerie Metropol, New York, 1981, p. 24
D. Baroni and A. D’Auria, Josef Hoffmann e la Wiener Werkstätte, Milan, 1981, p. 32
P. Asenbaum, S. Asenbaum and C. Witt-Dorring, Moderne Vergangenheit 1800-1900: Mobel, Metall, Keramik, Glas, Textil, Entwurfe – aus Wien, exh. cat., Künstlerhaus, Vienna, 1981, p. 62 (for this model illustrated in a J. & J. Kohn catalogue)
A. von Vegesack, Das Thonet Buch, Munich, 1987, p. 149 (for a period advertisement of this model)
D. E. Ostergard, Bent Wood and Metal Furniture, New York, 1987, p. 239, no. 40 (for a period photograph and illustration)
M. Rich, Vienna 1900-1930: Art in the Home, exh. cat., Historical Design Inc., New York, 1996, p. 43 (for a related model)
G. Renzi, Il Mobile Moderno: Gebruder Thonet Vienna Jacob and Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, pp. 102 (for a period photograph), 103, 200 (for this model illustrated in a J. & J. Kohn catalogue)
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