JOSEF HOFFMANN
| About the artist | Brtnice 1870 – 1956 Vienna |
| Designed by | Josef Hoffmann, Vienna, 1907/08 |
| Executed by | J. & J. Kohn, around 1908 |
| Dimensions | H 101/163 cm, W 110 cm, D 52 cm |
| Material | Bent beech and plywood, dyed to rosewood, surface professionally repolished, iron fittings, very good condition |
| Provenance | art trade, Belgium |
| Literature | G. Renzi, Il mobile moderno, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, pp. 210 f; E. B. Ottillinger (ed.), Fidgety Philip! A Design History of Children's Furniture, Vienna, 2006, p. 133; T. Hoffmann (ed.), exhibition catalogue, Bröhan Museum Berlin, Von Arts and Crafts zum Bauhaus, Berlin, 2019, p. 111 |
Based on the structural design and construction method, the numerous elegant details, the astonishing design similarities to the Seven-Ball Chair as well as the overall appearance, one may – with a probability bordering on certainty – assume that this cradle was designed by Hoffmann.
In the Berlin Bröhan Museum there is an identical cradle, which, however, lacks the fixture for the cradle’s curtain.
M32/19
