Realized I never showed you this Koller Armchair by Josef Hoffmann from 1910. This chair is still being produced by the Austrian Wittmann company.
Tag: Josef Hoffmann
Hoffmann’s Sitzmachine in Black and White
At Prodomo (Prodomo Wien which now forwards to Prodomo Windows) in the Naglergasse in Vienna I found this – dramatically modern – while in black and white – lounge chair annex recliner, the Sitzmachine that Josef Hoffmann designed over 100 years ago.
Josef Hoffmann Fledermaus Collection
Josef Hoffmann Fledermaus Collection
Specially designed in Vienna in 1907 for the Fledermaus cabaret in Vienna, this suite was later produced by the Kohn bentwood furniture company. The runners and the wooden spheres on the joints are typical Hoffmann style elements.
Via Bonluxat
4 Josef Hoffmann Armchairs at Sotheby’s
4 Joseph Hoffmann Armchairs at Sotheby’s
manufactured by J. & J. Kohn, Austria
ca. 1909
each with firm’s paper label
ebonized bentwood and original leather upholstery
Via Sotheby’s
A Hoffmann Sitzmachine at Christie’s NYC
On June 13, 2008 on auction. A Hoffmann Sitzmachine, one of my favorites:
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
‘Sitzmaschine’ A Stained Beech and Bentwood Adjustable Armchair, designed circa 1908
model no. 670, with hinged adjustable back, manufactured by Jacob & Josef Kohn
approximately 40½ in. (103 cm.) high
Lot Notescf. D. Ostergard, Bent Wood and Metal Furniture: 1850-1946, New York, 1987, p. 258 for an illustration of this chair model.
C. and P. Feill, 1000 Chairs, Cologne, 1997, p. 129 for another illustration of this model.
Estimated at $12,000 – $18,000 Realized $23,750.