ADOLF LOOS
| About the artist | Brno 1870 – 1933 Kalksburg near Vienna |
| Designed by | Adolf Loos for Café Museum, Vienna, 1898 |
| Executed by | J. & J. Kohn, 1899 |
| Marked | Unmarked |
| Dimensions | H 90 cm, SH 42 cm, W 40.5 cm, D 42 cm/H 35.4 in, SH 16.5 in, W 15.9 in, D 16.5 in |
| Material | Bent beech wood, stained, polished, some executed with saddle seat, meshed seating surface, parts of mesh replaced, restored some 40 years ago, good condition, |
| Provenance | private property, Austria |
| Literature | Eva B. Ottillinger, A. Loos, Salzburg-Wien, 1994, pp. 127, fig. p. 129; Fremdkörper (ed.), Moderne Möbel, 150 Jahre Design, 2009, p. 684 |
Despite its special elegance and stability, the “Café Museum” chair was only rarely executed for other interior design projects.
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