Josef HOFFMANN (attributed to) & JACOB & JOSEF KOHN - VIENNA - Lot 447

Josef HOFFMANN (attributed to) & JACOB & JOSEF KOHN - VIENNA Suite of four "n°396" chairs, model created circa 1907-1908, with oval medallion backs on circular seats and corner legs with tapered sheathed legs encircled by small olives below the waistband. Mother-of-pearl-inlaid medallion backrest (minor scratches and accidents). Marked with iron under the seat H. 93 cm - W. 45 cm - D. 37 cm Historical background: This model was exhibited at the Kunstschau organized by Gustav Klimt and Josef Hoffmann in Vienna in 1908, and was also used to decorate the children's room at the Palais Stoclet in Brussels. Bibliography : - Jacob & Josef Kohn trade catalog, Vienna, circa 1910, variant of our model referenced and reproduced under no. 396 (n.p.). - Marcel Kammerer, "Die Architektur der 'Kunstschau'", Moderne Bauformen, VIII, 1908, p. 375 for an archive photograph of the stand designed by Josef Hoffmann and furnished by Jacob & Josef Kohn at the 1908 Kunstschau. - Collective, Yearning for Beauty - The Wiener Werkstätte and the Stoclet House, catalog of the eponymous exhibition presented from February 17 to May 28, 2006 at the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles (Bozar), Éditions MAK Vienna & Éditions Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Vienna, 2006, p. 380 for an archive photograph of the children's room in the Palais Stoclet, featuring two similar models from behind.