Brünn 1870 - 1933 Wien
Ladie´s Writing Desk
Manufactured by Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Vienna, 1st district, Singerstraße 16
Softwood, oil varnish, brass fittings, writing inlay with new leather
H 106 cm (with top), H 80 cm (without top)
W 113 cm, D 67.5 cm
Company stamp on the underside: Friedrich Otto Schmidt / Wien / 1 Singerstrasse 16 / Schmidt Miksa / Budapest / 5. Lipotkorut 4
Professionally restored
Provenienz:
Private collection, Vienna
Ausstellungen:
Paris, ‘Adolf Loos – Exposition Du Cinquantenaire’, 1983
Karlsruhe, ‘Gründerzeit, Adolf Loos: Jahrhundertwende: Rückblick und Ausblick im Spiegel der Wiener Architektur’, 1987
Literatur:
Burkhardt Rukschcio/Roland Schachel, Adolf Loos. Leben und Werk, 1982, Salzburg/Vienna, ill. p. 115, no. 117
cf. Exhibition catalogue ‘Adolf Loos. Private Spaces’, Barcelona Design Museum, 2017, ill. p. 134