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).
Josef Hoffmann / Wilhelm and Johann Jonasch / Vienna Secession Game table c. 1913
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.
For more information see: The Fine Art of California Indian Basketry, Brian Bibby (Sacramento/Berkeley: Crocker Art Museum, Heyday Books, 1996), p. 90.
Josef Hoffmann / Wiener Werkstätte / Loetz globe Vienna Secession sonce c.1915
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870 – 1956) Austria
JOH. LÖTZ WITWE Klostermühle, Bohemia
WIENER WERKSTÄTTE (1903-1931) Vienna
Wall sconce with Loetz globe c. 1915
Polished brass, wall arm in the form of volute with pearl ribbon, handblown Lötz glass, cobalt Phänomen Gre
Marks: JH, WIENER WERKSTÄTTE
For more information see: Wiener Werkstätte: 1903-1932 Gabriele Fahr-Becker (Cologne: Taschen, 1994); Wiener Werkstätte Design in Vienna 1903-1932, Werner J. Schweiger (New York,1984); Josef Hoffmann Designs, ed. Peter Noever, MAK and Prestel-Verlag: Munich, 1992); Wiener Werkstätte by Gabriele Fahr-Becker.
Extension from the wall forward: 11 ½”
H top of arch to bottom of globe: 11 ¼”
Diameter of globe: 6 1/2”
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