A tea table/Elephant’s Trunk Table, Model No. 20727, work master Josef Berka/Adolf Loos c. 1901,
A tea table/Elephant’s Trunk Table, Model No. 20727, work master Josef Berka/Adolf Loos c. 1901,
manufactured by F. O. Schmidt, Vienna, wood construction supported on eight legs, height approx. 79 cm, diameter approx. 90 cm.
Adolf Loos used this table model in different variations (6 and 8-legged models, size of the table top, with and without brass appliqués as well as table-top inlays.) (MHA)
Cf. Lit.:
Eva B. Ottilinger, Adolf Loos. Wohnkonzepte und Möbelentwürfe, Salzburg/Vienna, 1994, p. 47, ill. 39, p. 154f. Ill. 39: Elephant trunk table, six-legged version, after 1900, oakwood with tiles, brass bands and sabots, execution: F. O. Schmidt, former Imperial Furniture Collection, Vienna. Burkhardt Rukschcio/Roland Schachel, Adolf Loos. Leben und Werk, Salzburg/Vienna 1982. p. 423f., cat. no. 12, Gustav and Marie Turnowsky apartment, Vienna IV, Wohllebengasse 19, c. 1900, ill. 418, seating corner in the study, Wohllebengasse, photograph c. 1900. Vera Behal, Zwei bekannte Loos-Möbel: der “Ägyptische Hocker” und der “Elefantenrüsseltisch”, in: Alte und Moderne Kunst XXVII/182 (1982), p. 56f.
Specialist: Mathias Harnisch, MA
Mathias Harnisch, MA
+43-1-515 60-242
Mathias.Harnisch@dorotheum.at
02.11.2017 - 17:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 10,000.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 7,000.- to EUR 12,000.-
A tea table/Elephant’s Trunk Table, Model No. 20727, work master Josef Berka/Adolf Loos c. 1901,
manufactured by F. O. Schmidt, Vienna, wood construction supported on eight legs, height approx. 79 cm, diameter approx. 90 cm.
Adolf Loos used this table model in different variations (6 and 8-legged models, size of the table top, with and without brass appliqués as well as table-top inlays.) (MHA)
Cf. Lit.:
Eva B. Ottilinger, Adolf Loos. Wohnkonzepte und Möbelentwürfe, Salzburg/Vienna, 1994, p. 47, ill. 39, p. 154f. Ill. 39: Elephant trunk table, six-legged version, after 1900, oakwood with tiles, brass bands and sabots, execution: F. O. Schmidt, former Imperial Furniture Collection, Vienna. Burkhardt Rukschcio/Roland Schachel, Adolf Loos. Leben und Werk, Salzburg/Vienna 1982. p. 423f., cat. no. 12, Gustav and Marie Turnowsky apartment, Vienna IV, Wohllebengasse 19, c. 1900, ill. 418, seating corner in the study, Wohllebengasse, photograph c. 1900. Vera Behal, Zwei bekannte Loos-Möbel: der “Ägyptische Hocker” und der “Elefantenrüsseltisch”, in: Alte und Moderne Kunst XXVII/182 (1982), p. 56f.
Specialist: Mathias Harnisch, MA
Mathias Harnisch, MA
+43-1-515 60-242
Mathias.Harnisch@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Design |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 02.11.2017 - 17:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 27.10. - 02.11.2017 |
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