Adolf Loos, an elephant trunk table, Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Vienna, c. 1900
eight-leg version; solid mahogany and mahogany veneer; red brown stained; brass sabots and edging; glass plate added at a later date; professionally restored, signs of age and use; height 66.3 cm, diameter 88.3 cm. (MP)
Provenance:
Viennese Private Collection.
Literature:
Das Interieur, 1903, p. 14; Rukschcio, Schachel, Adolf Loos, p. 111; Ottillinger, Adolf Loos, p. 105 and 165;
Rostás, Friedrich Otto Schmidt, p. 210, no. 281. The elephant trunk table, documented in writing and photographs at the Friedrich Otto Schmidt Archive, was used, inter alia, in the apartments of Dr Hugo Haberfeld and in the study at the apartment of Gustav Turnovsky (both from 1902).
Specialist: Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.
Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.
+43-1-515 60-383
magda.pfabigan@dorotheum.at
12.12.2018 - 16:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 16,250.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 6,000.- to EUR 10,000.-
Adolf Loos, an elephant trunk table, Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Vienna, c. 1900
eight-leg version; solid mahogany and mahogany veneer; red brown stained; brass sabots and edging; glass plate added at a later date; professionally restored, signs of age and use; height 66.3 cm, diameter 88.3 cm. (MP)
Provenance:
Viennese Private Collection.
Literature:
Das Interieur, 1903, p. 14; Rukschcio, Schachel, Adolf Loos, p. 111; Ottillinger, Adolf Loos, p. 105 and 165;
Rostás, Friedrich Otto Schmidt, p. 210, no. 281. The elephant trunk table, documented in writing and photographs at the Friedrich Otto Schmidt Archive, was used, inter alia, in the apartments of Dr Hugo Haberfeld and in the study at the apartment of Gustav Turnovsky (both from 1902).
Specialist: Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.
Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.
+43-1-515 60-383
magda.pfabigan@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Jugendstil and 20th Century Arts and Crafts |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 12.12.2018 - 16:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 07.12. - 12.12.2018 |
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