A rare tea table, Adolf Loos
c. 1906, manufactured by Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Vienna, round oak tea table with metal fittings, hammered brass, metal rhombuses, brass foot and table rail, table top inlaid with violet ceramic tiles. Height c. 65 cm, diameter c. 86 cm. (MHA)
A similar table was used by Adolf Loos for the establishment of the apartment Wilhelm Hirsch in Pilsen 1907-1908, for which he also designed the 1928 garden room. The tile inserts refer the table to an earlier time.
Lit.:
Adolf Loos, Private Spaces, Barcelona 2018, fig. 64, p. 190; catalogued in the Friedrich Otto Schmidt company archives.
Cf. Lit.:
B. Rukschcio, Adolf Loos, Salzburg 1982, p. 449/450; Kristan (ed.) Adolf Loos. Apartments, Vienna 2001, p. 90/91, garden room Wilhelm Hirsch, Pilsen, photo from 1930 (to the furnishing of apartment Wilhelm Hirsch)
Exhibited in:
Adolf Loos, Private Space, Design Museum, Barcelona 2017
Specialist: Mathias Harnisch, MA
Mathias Harnisch, MA
+43-1-515 60-242
Mathias.Harnisch@dorotheum.at
02.10.2019 - 16:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 40,000.- to EUR 50,000.-
A rare tea table, Adolf Loos
c. 1906, manufactured by Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Vienna, round oak tea table with metal fittings, hammered brass, metal rhombuses, brass foot and table rail, table top inlaid with violet ceramic tiles. Height c. 65 cm, diameter c. 86 cm. (MHA)
A similar table was used by Adolf Loos for the establishment of the apartment Wilhelm Hirsch in Pilsen 1907-1908, for which he also designed the 1928 garden room. The tile inserts refer the table to an earlier time.
Lit.:
Adolf Loos, Private Spaces, Barcelona 2018, fig. 64, p. 190; catalogued in the Friedrich Otto Schmidt company archives.
Cf. Lit.:
B. Rukschcio, Adolf Loos, Salzburg 1982, p. 449/450; Kristan (ed.) Adolf Loos. Apartments, Vienna 2001, p. 90/91, garden room Wilhelm Hirsch, Pilsen, photo from 1930 (to the furnishing of apartment Wilhelm Hirsch)
Exhibited in:
Adolf Loos, Private Space, Design Museum, Barcelona 2017
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: | 02.10.2019 - 16:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 27.09. - 02.10.2019 |