Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte
| About the artist | Brtnice 1870 – 1956 Vienna |
| Designed by | Josef Hoffmann, Vienna, around 1910 |
| Executed by | Wiener Werkstätte, from 1910 to 1911 |
| Marked | large case: WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3 lines), small case: WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3 lines), JH, leather worker’s monogram T, spectacle case: WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3 lines) |
| Dimensions | Purse: H 17 cm, W 21.5 cm, Large case: H 11 cm, W 16 cm, Small case: H 9.5, W 14 cm, Spectacle case: H 5 cm, W 12 cm |
| Material | Gilt-embossed leather, silk moiré on inside of the purse, brass clip and fastener, purse damaged on the inside, some signs of usage |
| Provenance | private property, Austria |
| Literature | comp. contemporary photographs in the Wiener Werkstätte photographic archives at the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna, inv. nos. WWF 100-73-1, LE 604; comp. W. Neuwirth, Wiener Werkstätte, Avantgarde, Art Deco, Industrial Design, Vienna, 1984, p. 111, ill. 75 |
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