Josef Hoffmann Chair
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Kubus or Cube Armchair by Josef Hofmann
Austrian furniture manufacturer Wittmann still makes it, the Kubus or Cube armchair by Josef Hoffmann. It’s one of my favorites. Another omission I’ve never featured it here. The design is from 1910.
Sieben Kugel Chair by Josef Hoffmann
Recently there were two Sieben Kugel Chairs or Seven Balls Chairs for sale at Phillips de Pury & Company and each chair fetched $ 37,500.
Rare side chair, for the Kunstschau Wien 1908, model no. 371, ca. 1908
Beechwood, leather. 43 in. (109.2 cm.) high Produced by Jacob & Josef Kohn, Austria.
ESTIMATE $50,000-70,000
SOLD AT $37,500
Armchair by Josef Hoffmann
And another rare and important armchair by Josef Hoffmann for sale at the NYC Wiener Werkstätte auction of March 3, 2011.
JOSEF HOFFMANN
Rare armchair, ca. 1903
Wood, leather, brass. 40 1/4 in. (102.2 cm.) high
ESTIMATE $70,000-90,000
Steel Bench by Josef Hoffmann
Note to self: Did I add Phillips de Pury and Company’s site to my list of fame? No … Done now. Reason is an important upcoming auction in NYC of Wiener Werkstatte design, The period that attracted me to chairs in the first place, as many of the designers of that era worked for Thonet as well.
JOSEF HOFFMANN
Bench, ca. 1906
Painted iron, painted wood. 33 x 57 x 23 in. (83.8 x 144.8 x 58.4 cm.) Manufactured by August Kitschelt’s Erben, Austria. Inside of one leg impressed with “AUGUST KITSCHELTS”.
ESTIMATE $25,000-35,000