An ensemble of standardised “Frankfurt Kitchen” furniture elements”, designed by Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky
An ensemble of standardised “Frankfurt Kitchen” furniture elements”, designed by Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky
1926, for Grumbach, Frankfurt (attributed), for the Frankfurt Hochbauamt. Height c. 215 cm. Blue-grey lacquered softwood frame construction, various types of wood chosen according to functional criteria (such as oak wood against mealworms, beech for the countertop, softwood for the frame), with reconstructed original blue lacquer coating and partly restored with cast iron double sink, all cupboards, countertop, and aluminium and wood containers. (MHA)
Example of an original “Frankfurt Kitchen” with waste drawers and sink from Ernst May’s Römerstadt housing estate, 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
Esperto: Mathias Harnisch, MA
Mathias Harnisch, MA
+43-1-515 60-242
Mathias.Harnisch@dorotheum.at
14.05.2019 - 16:00
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EUR 12.000,- a EUR 20.000,-
An ensemble of standardised “Frankfurt Kitchen” furniture elements”, designed by Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky
1926, for Grumbach, Frankfurt (attributed), for the Frankfurt Hochbauamt. Height c. 215 cm. Blue-grey lacquered softwood frame construction, various types of wood chosen according to functional criteria (such as oak wood against mealworms, beech for the countertop, softwood for the frame), with reconstructed original blue lacquer coating and partly restored with cast iron double sink, all cupboards, countertop, and aluminium and wood containers. (MHA)
Example of an original “Frankfurt Kitchen” with waste drawers and sink from Ernst May’s Römerstadt housing estate, 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
Esperto: Mathias Harnisch, MA
Mathias Harnisch, MA
+43-1-515 60-242
Mathias.Harnisch@dorotheum.at
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| Asta: | Design |
| Tipo d'asta: | Asta in sala |
| Data: | 14.05.2019 - 16:00 |
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