JOSEF HOFFMANN
| About the artist | Brtnice 1870 – 1956 Vienna |
| Designed by | Josef Hoffmann, around 1907 |
| Executed by | J. & J. Kohn, model no. 675/C, F |
| Dimensions | Settee: H 75 cm, SH 42 cm, W 136 cm, D 71 cm Armchairs: H 76 cm, SH 42 cm, W 76.5 cm, D 73.5 cm |
| Material | Beech bentwood and plywood, dyed to rose wood, surface professionally repolished, decorative brass nails polished and stove-enamelled, upholstery and leather renewed, excellent condition |
| Provenance | private property, Austria |
| Literature | Das Interieur, XII, 1911, plate 31; G. Renzi, Il mobile moderno, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, pp. 172 f |
SUITE so-called Buenos Aires Suite.
Consisting of: 1 settee, 2 armchairs.
The name of this seating group derives from the exhibition in Buenos Aires in 1910, where J. & J. Kohn showed this suite based on a design by Josef Hoffmann. Numerous lamps and objects made by Wiener Werkstätte were presented at this exhibition. Thus it was only natural that Josef Hoffmann, who had already been hired by J. & J. Kohn to design a whole house for the 1908 Kunstschau, was also responsible for the concept of the Buenos Aires exhibition, where he would show many pieces of furniture designed by himself (see also desk no. 17 from our 14th Autumn Salon 2013).
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