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Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstaette Piano lamp c. 1910
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956) Austria
WIENER WERKSTÄTTE (1903-1932) Vienna
Piano lamp c. 1910
Original nickel plated brass with a period silk shade
Marks: WIENER WERKSTÄTTE, JH monogram, rose mark
For more information see: Josef Hoffmann Designs, ed. Peter Noever (Munich: MAK and Prestel-Verlag, 1992), Wiener Werkstätte: Avantgarde, Art Déco, Industrial Design, Waltraud Neuwirth (Vienna: Selbstverlag Dr. Waltraud Neuwirth, 1984).
Overall length: 19″ ; Overall height: 10″ Base: 6″ square, H: 1″ to 1 3/4″ ; Dia Shade: 6″; Silk shade: 9″
Price: $24,500
Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstaette Piano lamp c. 1910
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956) Austria
WILHELM AND JOHANN JONASCH Austria
Game table with four drawers c. 1913
Oak, leather top with gold tooled detail
Made by Johann Jonasch (Kunsttischler)
Illustrated: Vienna 1900-1930, Art in the Home,
exhib. cat. Historical Design, Inc. (New York, 1996), p. 60-1.
Matching dining table illustrated in: Österreichische Werkkultur,
Max Eisler (Wien: Kunstverlag Anton Schroll & Co., 1916) p. 97.
Related tables by Hoffmann illustrated: Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, April-September 1914, p. 140-4; Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, April September 1916, pp. 199-200; Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Oct.-March 1917, p. 207-8; Möbel des Jugendstils: Sammlung des Österreichischen Museums für angewandte Kunst, Vera J. Behal (Munich: Prestel-Verlag, 1981), pp. 143-5; Josef Hoffmann e la Wiener Werkstätte, Daniele Baroni and Antonio D’Auria (Milan: Electa Editrice, 1981). pp 124-125.
H: 31” x W: 27 3/4” x D: 27 3/4”
Price: $35,000
Edward Spencer attr. (1872-1938) UK
Artificer’s Guild (1901-42) UK
Pair of candlesticks circa 1910.
Handwrought iron with a squared central support terminating in a attenuated vine like wrap.
H: 10 1/2″ x Dia: 5 1/2″
The Artificers’ Guild Ltd was founded in 1901 by the metalwork and enameler Nelson Dawson (1859-1942). It was one of the few guilds inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement to enjoy real commercial success, and remained in operation until 1938. It was bought out in 1903 by the Birmingham entrepreneur Montague Fordham and established on a more commercial footing, producing domestic metalwork, church plate and furnishings, presentation plate and jewelry.
Fordham promoted Edward Spencer (1873-1938), previously Dawson’s principal designer, to be Director of the Guild’s workshop in Hammersmith. The Guild also had a showroom originally located just off Regent Street. Spencer died in 1938, shortly after the firm was wound up. During its existence, the Guild operated as a substantial business, employing over 40 staff at its peak, including a large number of skilled craftsmen, many of whom would have been trained in the Guild’s workshop. Although unacknowledged for much of the 20th century, the Guild is now recognized as an important producer of high quality metalwork and jewelry during this period.