Lot No. 3 +


Gustav Siegel, a three-piece seating group: settee with two armchairs, model number 715, designed in 1899, produced as of 1899, exhibited inter alia at Paris World’s Fair in 1900


added to the catalogue (supplement) in 1902, executed by Jacob & Josef Kohn, Vienna, beechwood and beech bentwood, red-brown stained, with polished finish; with brass sabots (one armchair with a missing sabot at the front); subsequently upholstered and covered with a textile by the company Backhausen based on a design by Josef Hoffmann; undersides partly with old company label; measurements: settee: height 77.5 cm, height of seat 44.5 cm, length 121.5 cm, depth 49.0 cm; armchair: height 77.0 cm, height of seat 44.5 cm, width 53.5 cm, depth 42.0 cm. (MP) Literature: Das Interieur, 1901; Kohn 1906 Catalogue, p. 28; Kohn 1916 Catalogue, p. 40; Renzi, il mobile moderno, p. 28. The model of this armchair was awarded a gold medal at the World’s Fair in Paris.

Specialist: Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A. Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.
+43-1-515 60-383

magda.pfabigan@dorotheum.at

03.11.2023 - 14:01

Realized price: **
EUR 1,200.-
Starting bid:
EUR 1,200.-

Gustav Siegel, a three-piece seating group: settee with two armchairs, model number 715, designed in 1899, produced as of 1899, exhibited inter alia at Paris World’s Fair in 1900


added to the catalogue (supplement) in 1902, executed by Jacob & Josef Kohn, Vienna, beechwood and beech bentwood, red-brown stained, with polished finish; with brass sabots (one armchair with a missing sabot at the front); subsequently upholstered and covered with a textile by the company Backhausen based on a design by Josef Hoffmann; undersides partly with old company label; measurements: settee: height 77.5 cm, height of seat 44.5 cm, length 121.5 cm, depth 49.0 cm; armchair: height 77.0 cm, height of seat 44.5 cm, width 53.5 cm, depth 42.0 cm. (MP) Literature: Das Interieur, 1901; Kohn 1906 Catalogue, p. 28; Kohn 1916 Catalogue, p. 40; Renzi, il mobile moderno, p. 28. The model of this armchair was awarded a gold medal at the World’s Fair in Paris.

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: Online auction
Date: 03.11.2023 - 14:01
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: Online


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