Lot 185
KOLOMAN MOSER (1868-1918) FOR PORTOIS & FIX, VIENNA
PALISANDER WOOD SIDEBOARD, CIRCA 1905
Auction: 6 April 2016 at 12:00 BST
£7,500
Description
veneered and inlaid, the canted upper section with bevelled glazed doors above a panelled back, the lower section with a pull-out slide above a pair of cupboard doors enclosing three sliding trays, the legs with bronze sabots, bears ivorine maker's label PORTOIS & FIX, WIEN III, UNGARGASSE 59-61
Dimensions
170cm wide, 179cm high, 65cm deep
Footnote
Literature: Fenz, Werner 'Koloman Moser', Vienna, 1984, p.159, fig. 66 where a similar example is illustrated.
Note: Portois & Fix were early manufacturers of designs by the secession artists including Otto Wagner, Josef Hoffmann and, as in this example, Koloman Moser.