Lot 184
JOSEF HOFMANN FOR JACOB ET JOSEF KOHN
BENTWOOD DESK, CIRCA 1900
Auction: 9 April 2008 at 11:00 BST
£9,000
Description
the curved ledge panelled back extending to the lower stretcher, with central bevelled mirror plate, above inset writing surface and three drawers with drop handles, on curved and bracketed square open supports
Dimensions
113.5cm wide, 73cm high, 43cm deep
Footnote
Note; A similar desk was exhibited at the J & J Kohn stand at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative Art, Turin, 1902. This suite was also available painted white and was sold either as part of a suite for the drawing room or bedroom.
Literature; Derek E. Ostergard 'Bentwood and Metal Furniture 1850-1946' New York 1987, p. 109, fig. 4-29
Charles Holme 'The Art Revival in Austria, The Studio, Special Summer Number', London 1906, ill. no. C17