A UNIQUE SIDE TABLE, CIRCA 1904

Details

JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
A UNIQUE SIDE TABLE, CIRCA 1904
ebonized maple, marble
20 in. (50.8 cm.) high, 27 ¼ in. (50.8 cm.) wide, 27 ¼ in. (69.2 cm.) deep

Provenance

Carl Moll, Vienna;
Galerie Asenbaum, Vienna;
Historical Design, New York;
Christie's, New York, 21/21 Historical Design, 19 December 2006, lot 648.

Literature

D. Baroni, A. D'Auria, Josef Hoffmann e la Wiener Werkstätte, Milan, 1981, p. 57;
Exhibition catalogue, Moderne Vergangenheit Wien 1800-1900, Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna, 1981, p. 283;
Exhibition catalogue, Traum und Wirklichkeit: Wien 1870-1930, Historisches Museum Der Stadt Wien, Vienna, 1985, p. 409;
Exhibition catalogue, Vienna 1900-1930: Art in the Home, Historical Design, New York, 1996, pp. 30-31.

Exhibited

Vienna, Künstlerhaus Wien, Moderne Vergangenheit Wien, 1800-1900, May - August, 1981;
Vienna, Künstlerhaus Wien, Traum und Wirklichkeit: Wien 1870-1930, March - October 1985;
New York, Historical Design, Vienna 1900-1930: Art in the Home, 1996;

Lot Essay

In 1901 Josef Hoffmann designed the Villa Moll as well as its furnishings for the successful painter Carl Moll (1861-1945). This elegant hexagonal table was in Moll's first Vienna residence (Steinfeldgasse 8) and then in 1907 transfered to his second villa (Wollergasse 10), also designed by Hoffmann. This table is a unique early example of Hoffmann's furniture.

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