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Wiener Werkstätte
Side Chair1904

Not on view
Chestnut-brown wooden side chair with a tall slatted back featuring rows of circular cutouts, crimson leather seat with stud trim, and spherical corner knobs

Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann, J. & J. Kohn, Side Chair, 1904, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Max Palevsky, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Wiener Werkstätte
Austria, Vienna, 1903-1932
Made by
Josef Hoffmann
Moravia (now Czech Republic), active Austria, Vienna, 1870-1956
Made by
J. & J. Kohn
Austria, Vienna, at factory in Teschen, 1850-1914
Title
Side Chair
Place Made
Austria
Date Made
1904
Medium
Stained and bent beechwood and oilcloth
Dimensions
39 x 17 1/2 x 16 1/4 in. (99.06 x 44.45 x 41.28 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Max Palevsky
Accession Number
M.2000.180.38
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Kaplan, Wendy; contributions by Crawford, Alan; Joppien, Rüdiger; Kinchin, Juliet; Ogata, Amy F.; Stavenow-Hidemark, Elisabet; Witt-Dörring, Christian. The Arts & Crafts Movement in Europe & America. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2004.

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