Lot Essay
The seven ball armchair was on display at the Kunstschau, 1908.
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE HIDA TAKAYAMA MUSEUM OF ART
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
Pair of 'Seven Ball' Armchairs, model no. 371, designed circa 1906
Details
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
Pair of 'Seven Ball' Armchairs, model no. 371, designed circa 1906
manufactured by J. & J. Kohn, Vienna
bent solid beechwood, molded laminated wood, turned wood
44 x 25 x 21 1/2 in. (111.8 x 63.5 x 53.3 cm) (each)
Pair of 'Seven Ball' Armchairs, model no. 371, designed circa 1906
manufactured by J. & J. Kohn, Vienna
bent solid beechwood, molded laminated wood, turned wood
44 x 25 x 21 1/2 in. (111.8 x 63.5 x 53.3 cm) (each)
Provenance
Private Collection, Austria
Christie’s, London, 5 May 1995, lot 89
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner
Christie’s, London, 5 May 1995, lot 89
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner
Literature
D. Baroni, A. D’Auria, Josef Hoffmann e la Wiener Werkstatte, Milan, 1981, cover and p. 107 (for a related example)
Fort Worth Art Museum, Josef Hoffmann Design Classics, Fort Worth, 1982, p. 28 (for a related example)
D. E. Ostergard, Bentwood and Metal Furniture, New York, 1987, p. 256
G. Bott, Sitz-Gelegenheiten : Bugholz- und Stahlrohrmöbel von Thonet, Nuremberg, 1989, p. 238 ref. 163 (for a related example)
A. Bony, Les Annees 10, Paris, 1991, p. 768 (for a related example)
P. Dunas et al., 100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum Collection, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 1996, p. 182
G. Renzi, II mobile moderno, Gebrüder Thonet, Vienna Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, pp. 206 (for discussion of the model series), 208 (for an advertisement), 209
Fort Worth Art Museum, Josef Hoffmann Design Classics, Fort Worth, 1982, p. 28 (for a related example)
D. E. Ostergard, Bentwood and Metal Furniture, New York, 1987, p. 256
G. Bott, Sitz-Gelegenheiten : Bugholz- und Stahlrohrmöbel von Thonet, Nuremberg, 1989, p. 238 ref. 163 (for a related example)
A. Bony, Les Annees 10, Paris, 1991, p. 768 (for a related example)
P. Dunas et al., 100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum Collection, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 1996, p. 182
G. Renzi, II mobile moderno, Gebrüder Thonet, Vienna Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, pp. 206 (for discussion of the model series), 208 (for an advertisement), 209
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