Details
executed by J. & J. Kohn, Vienna
ash, ash plywood, brass, glass, cloth
74 x 46 x 1634 in. (188 x 116.8 x 42.5 cm)
Provenance
Barry Friedman, New York
Maurice and Margo Cohen
The Maurice and Margo Cohen Collection, Christie's, New York, 18 June 1999, lot 311
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
G. Candilis, Bugholzmöbel, Meubles en bois courbe, Bent Wood Furniture, Stuttgart, 1980, p. 42 (for this model in the 1904 J. & J. Kohn catalog)
S. Wichmann, Jugendstil Art Nouveau: Floral and Functional Forms, 1984, p. 159, no. 324
J. Kallir, Viennese Design and the Wiener Werkstätte, exh. cat., Galerie St. Etienne, New York, 1986, p. 82, no. 15
G. Renzi, Il Mobile Moderno: Gebruder Thonet Vienna Jacob and Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, pp. 110 (for model and period illustration), 111
Exhibited
Detroit, Michigan, Detroit Institute of Arts, Decorative Arts 1900: Highlights from Private Collections in Detroit, November 1993 - January 1994, p. 91, cat. no. 109
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