Josef Hoffman rare Chair before 1912

An excellent example of the more decorative phase of Josef Hoffmann, before the WW1. Carpenter Jakob Soulek for the Wiener Werkstätte. Exhibited first in 1912 at the Museum für Kunst und Industrie today MAK, pearwood, black polished, with carvings; upholstery and patterned textile covering not original; professionally restored, signs of age and use; height 96 cm, height of seat 48 cm, width 59.3 cm, depth 51.5 cm.

Literature:
cf. MAK, Vienna,

Department:
Bibliothek und Kunstblättersammlung, inventory number: KI 9799.

Daniele Baroni, Antonio D'Auria, Josef Hoffmann und die Wiener Werkstätte, DVA 1984, p125