Lot No. 14


A door element of a “Frankfurt Kitchen” with two-door cabinet conversion, designed by Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky


in 1926, for Grumbach, Frankfurt (attributed), for the Frankfurt Hochbauamt. Pastose green lacquered softwood frame, door panel with Ferdinand Kramer handle. Dimensions: height c. 220 cm, width c. 105 cm, depth c. 32 cm. Signs of age and use, scratches and abrasions, partly chipping, reconstructed original turquoise-green colour, partly with (lacquer) repairs. (MHA)

These elements of “Frankfurt Kitchens” were used, among others, in Ernst May’s Römerstadt housing estate in Frankfurt. Overall planning: Ernst May, Herbert Brehm and Wolfgang Banger, “Department of Standardisation and Planning”, Building Surveyor’s Office (Hochbauamt) of the City of Frankfurt, and others. Responsible for the development of the “Frankfurt Kitchen”: Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky.

Provenance:
Part of a German Bauhaus collection.

Specialist: Mathias Harnisch, MA Mathias Harnisch, MA
+43-1-515 60-242

Mathias.Harnisch@dorotheum.at

19.01.2023 - 15:07

Estimate:
EUR 2,000.- to EUR 3,000.-

A door element of a “Frankfurt Kitchen” with two-door cabinet conversion, designed by Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky


in 1926, for Grumbach, Frankfurt (attributed), for the Frankfurt Hochbauamt. Pastose green lacquered softwood frame, door panel with Ferdinand Kramer handle. Dimensions: height c. 220 cm, width c. 105 cm, depth c. 32 cm. Signs of age and use, scratches and abrasions, partly chipping, reconstructed original turquoise-green colour, partly with (lacquer) repairs. (MHA)

These elements of “Frankfurt Kitchens” were used, among others, in Ernst May’s Römerstadt housing estate in Frankfurt. Overall planning: Ernst May, Herbert Brehm and Wolfgang Banger, “Department of Standardisation and Planning”, Building Surveyor’s Office (Hochbauamt) of the City of Frankfurt, and others. Responsible for the development of the “Frankfurt Kitchen”: Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky.

Provenance:
Part of a German Bauhaus collection.

Specialist: Mathias Harnisch, MA Mathias Harnisch, MA
+43-1-515 60-242

Mathias.Harnisch@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Design
Auction type: Online auction
Date: 19.01.2023 - 15:07
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 11.01. - 19.01.2023

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