Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstaette Piano lamp c. 1910 More Information
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).
Louis C. Tiffany / Tiffany Studios Dogwood Blossom table lamp c. 1906
LOUIS C. TIFFANY (1848-1933) USA
TIFFANY STUDIOS New York
Dogwood Blossom table lamp c.1906
Stained glass shade in shades of pink, white, gold and green glass with rich brown/green patinated leading and a matching base with a rich brown/green patina.
Signed: TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK (impressed bronze tag on shade); TIFFANY STUDIOS NEW YORK, 2588-1, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company cipher (impressed on base)
Related model illustrated: Tiffany at Auction, Alastair Duncan (New York: Rizzoli, 1981), p. 98, illustration 268
Mitzi Otten-Friedmann / Wiener Werkstaette reverse painted glass and silver brooch, signed c. 1915
MITZI OTTEN-FRIEDMANN (1884-1955) Austria
WIENER WERKSTÄTTE (1903-1932)
Brooch c. 1915
Reverse-painted glass depicting a couple set in a silver frame / back
Marks: M. OTTEN-FRIEDMANN on the front (right), the reverse stamped: WW, Vienna assay mark for 900 silver
D: 2 3/8”
Rosalia Marie Friedmann-Otten (“Mitzi”) * November 28, 1884 Vienna, † May 5, 1955 New York, NY
Student at the School of Applied Arts in Vienna (with Oskar Strnad), Friedmann-Otten participated in numerous exhibitions (including art shows in 1908, 1920; Neukunstgruppe 1909; German Women’s Art in 1925; Werkbundausstellung 1930). Member of the Austrian Werkbund, the Wiener Werkstätte and the Neukunstgruppe. One of the most versatile artists (commercial art, metalwork, jewelry, fashion, starting from 1920 mainly enamel works, including large-scale email pictures), Friedmann-Otten had to flee in 1938 to the United States.
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