Armchair, Model No. 728, designed for the Kabaret Fledermaus, Vienna, circa 1907

produced by J. & J. Kohn, Vienna
stained beech
29¹⁄₂ x 20³⁄₄ x 18³⁄₈ in. (75 x 52.7 x 46.7 cm)
branded J. & J. KOHN WIEN AUSTRIA 19 I-IV

Gallery Metropole, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1984

Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, no. 23, October 1908, pp. 158-159
G. Breckner, Josef Hoffmann: Sanatorium Purkersdorf, exh. cat., Galerie Metropol, New York, n.d., p. 159
Vienna Moderne: 1898-1918, exh. cat., Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, Houston, 1978, p. 74
D. Baroni and A. D’Auria, Josef Hoffmann e la Wiener Werkstätte, Milan, 1981, pp. 112-113, cat. no. XV; 114-115, cat. no. XVI (for a related example)
Josef Hoffmann: Architect and Designer, 1870-1956, exh. cat., Galerie Metropol, Vienna, 1981, pp. 32-34
E. F. Sekler, Josef Hoffmann: Das Architektonische Werk, Monographie und Werkverzeichnis, Vienna, 1982, pp. 318-319, cat. 114/I and II
E. F. Sekler, Josef Hoffmann: The Architectural Work, Monograph and Catalogue of Works, Princeton, 1985, pp. 318-319, cat. 114/I and II
Josef Hoffmann, 1870-1956: Ornament zwischen Hoffnung und Verbrechen, exh. cat., MAK-Austrian Museum of Applied Arts Vienna, Vienna, 1987, p. 59, no. 3
P. Noever, ed., Josef Hoffmann Designs, exh. cat., MAK-Austrian Museum of Applied Arts Vienna, Vienna, 1992, pp. 40 and 303, cat. no. 25
G. Fahr-Becker, Wiener Werkstätte 1903-1932, Cologne, 1995, pp. 65-66 (for a discussion of Kabaret Fledermaus); 67
Der Preis der Schönheit: 100 Jahre Wiener Werkstätte, exh. cat., MAK-Austrian Museum of Applied Arts Vienna, Vienna, 2003, p. 153
C. Witt-Dörring and J. Staggs, eds., Wiener Werkstätte 1903-1932: The Luxury of Beauty, exh. cat., Neue Galerie, New York, 2017, pp. 254, no. 26; 255, no. 27
E. B. Ottillinger, ed., Wagner, Hoffmann, Loos und das Möbeldesign der Wiener Moderne: Künstler, Auftraggeber, Produzenten, exh. cat., Möbel Museum Wien, Vienna, 2018, pp. 10; 55, pl. 23; 56, cat. no. 36-37