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  Wilhelm Schmidt / Prag Rudnicker Vienna Secession / Arts & Crafts stool c. 1902

  WILHELM SCHMIDT (b. 1880) Austria
  PRAG-RUDNICKER KORBWAREN-FABRIKATION Austria

  Vienna arts & crafts stool c. 1902

  Oak, rattan

  Illustrated: Das Interieure III “Wiener Kunst im Hause Exhibition”, Wien, 1902, p. 169; Prag-Rudnicker Korbwaren-Fabrikation Catalog, 1902/1903, No. 508. Korbmöbel, Eva B. Ottillinger (Salzburg: Residenz Verlag, 1990) p. 106, illus. no. 99, Moderne Vergangenheit Wien 1800-1900 (Vienna: Künstlerhaus, 1981) p. 271;

  H: 19 1/2″ x W: 19″ x D: 17 5/8″

  Price: $4,800

  Wilhelm Schmidt was one of a number of avant-garde designers, along with M.H. Baillie Scott, Peter Behrens, and Henry van de Velde, who incorporated the traditional material of rattan, or wicker, into their furniture designs during the early part of the century. For this stool, the Viennese designer used rattan in the much same way that a furniture maker of his day would have used upholstery on seating furniture. It provides a supportive, yet yielding and therefore comfortable seat.

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  Bernhard Amster Austrian Silver “Winged Heart” Covered Box c.1910

  BERNHARD AMSTER (active Vienna early 20th century)  Austria JEWELER, GOLDSMITH AND SILVERSMITH

  “Winged Heart” Covered Box  c. 1910

  Handwrought and hand-hammered silver in a half oval form on four cylindrical feet with heart-shaped finial inset with bone and stylized silver feathers
  Marked: BA (in a rectangle 2x), Austrian touchmark for 800 silver (in a pentagon 2x)

  For more information see: Blühender Jugendstil – Österreich (Art Nouveau in Blossom – Austria), Firmen und Marken (Companies and Marks), Waltraud Neuwirth, II (Vienna: Selbstverlag Neuwirth, 1991)

  H: 4 1/2″ x W: 6 1/2″ x D: 4 3/4″

  Price: $5,750