1870 Pirnitz, Moravia 1870 - 1956 1956 Vienna
Sitting Room Suite with Table
Manufactured by Jacob & Josef Kohn, Vienna, no. 675/C (bench), no. 675/F (armchair) and no. 675/T (table)
Beech, stained mahogany and polished
Suite: new leather upholstery, original decorative brass caps, rests of the old adhesive labels Jacob & Josef Kohn, stamped J. & J. KOHN WIEN-AUSTRIA;
table: new glass table top with leather below, hammered brass base, old adhesive label SKALA
Bench: H 78.5 cm, SH 48 cm, W 139 cm, D 72.5 cm
Armchairs: H app. 78 cm, SH 47 cm, W 81 cm, D 72.5 cm
Table: H 74.5 cm, D 59.5 cm
Marks suite: Rest of the old adhesive labels Jacob & Josef Kohn, stamped J. & J. KOHN WIEN-AUSTRIA
Mark table: Old adhesive label SKALA
Age-related traces of use
Ausstellungen:
These models were exhibited at the World Exhibition in Buenos Aires in 1910 (suite) and the Vienna Kunstschau in 1908 (table).
Literatur:
cf. Sales catalogue Jacob & Josef Kohn 1916, reprint Munich 1980, ill. p. 48, no. 675/C (bench), no. 675/F (armchair) and no. 675/T (table)
cf. Eduard F. Sekler, Josef Hoffmann. Das architektonische Werk, Salzburg/Vienna 1982, ill. p. 326, WV 123/III (table)
cf. Giovanni Renzi, Il mobile moderno. Gebrüder Thonet Vienna Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan 2008, ill. p. 172f, (suite, photo World Exhibition Buenos Aires 1910)