European Decorative Arts and Sculpture Chair Designed c. 1907 Designed by Josef Hoffmann, Austrian, 1870 - 1956. Made from 1907 - c. 1914 by the firm of Jacob and Josef Kohn, Vienna, Austria, 1850 - c. 1914. Made after 1916 by Mundas, Vienna, 1907 - 1922. Painted beechwood, leather * Gallery 158, European Art 1850-1900, first floor 1981-27-1 Gift of Collab: The Group for Modern and Contemporary Design at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1981 |
LabelThis chair was designed for the barroom of the Vienna Kabarett Fledermaus, a café-theater conceived as a meeting place for the Viennese avant-garde. Its interior decoration was designed largely by Hoffmann and executed by the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops).* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit. |
