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

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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.

Category: Archive. Tags: Arts & Crafts, c. 1902, Prag Rudnicker, Secession, stool, Vienna, Wilhelm Schmidt.

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Michael Powolny / Wiener Werkstaette Vienna Secession “Schneckenreiter” c. 1910

MICHAEL POWOLNY (1871-1954) Austria
BERTOLD LÖFFLER (1874-1960) Austria
VEREINIGTE WIENER UND GMUNDNER KERAMIK Vienna

Schneckenreiter c. 1910

Glazed white earthenware hand-painted with black enamel

Marks: conjoined WK (in a square), KG with flower (in a square), 81 (impressed)

***Extremely rare Powolny model in black and white.

Model illustrated: Michael Powolny: Keramik und Glas aus Wien 1900 bis 1950, Elisabeth Frottier (Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, 1990), p. 50, illus. 20, cat. no. WV43; Vienna 1900, Vienna, Scotland and the European Avant-Garde, Peter Vergo (Edinburgh, Scotland, 1983), p. 63, plate 19; “Austrian Architecture and Decoration,” The Studio Year Book of Decorative Art 1911 (London: The Studio, 1911), p. 233.

This model may also be found in the permanent collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (Inventory number 604, 1966).

H: 7″ x W: 7 3/4″ x D: 4″

Price: $10,500

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

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