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Otto Wagner
Pair of armchairs, model no. 718/F
- Estimate
- £8,000 - 12,000
Lot Details
Stained beech, leather, brass.
circa 1910
Each: 78.8 x 57 x 54 cm (31 x 22 1/2 x 21 1/4 in.)
Manufactured by Jacob & Josef Kohn, Austria. Underside of each impressed J.&J.KOHN/Teschen Austria and with partial manufacturer's paper label.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Phillips wishes to thank Dr. Christian Witt-Dörring for his assistance cataloguing the present lot.
The present lot is a variant of the armchair Otto Wagner designed in 1902 for the news agency ‘Die Zeit’ in Vienna. In keeping with the predominantly silver, black and dark brown colour scheme of the news agency’s interior, Wagner used aluminium fixtures for the armchairs. The model subsequently went into production with the manufacturer Jacob and Josef Kohn with brass fixtures, which was thought to be more desirable. As published in the 1916 Kohn catalogue, model no. 718/F, the present lot shows a backrest matching the seat upholstery with leather and brass nailheads.
The present lot is a variant of the armchair Otto Wagner designed in 1902 for the news agency ‘Die Zeit’ in Vienna. In keeping with the predominantly silver, black and dark brown colour scheme of the news agency’s interior, Wagner used aluminium fixtures for the armchairs. The model subsequently went into production with the manufacturer Jacob and Josef Kohn with brass fixtures, which was thought to be more desirable. As published in the 1916 Kohn catalogue, model no. 718/F, the present lot shows a backrest matching the seat upholstery with leather and brass nailheads.
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