furniture, art & design
Pewter biscuit tin
Archibald Knox (Uk 1864-1933)
Pewter & enamel. Circa 1905. Model 0194. 14.5 x 14.5 x 14cm high.
A Liberty & Co. Arts & Crafts / ‘Tudric’ pewter range lidded tin with inset enamels. Designed by Isle of Man designer Archibald Knox. Fully marked to the underside. (It has a knock to one side and one enamel piece is missing)
Price: 1.200 euro
(Attrib.) Josef Hoffmann (Austria 1870-1956)
Model 728 Fledermaus Chairs and table attributed to Josef Hoffmann for J & J. Kohn. Early c20th.
Stained and lacquered beech wood. The chairs have a later Wiener Werkstätte fabric.
The chairs were originally designed for the famous Fledermaus Cabaret and manufactured by the firm of Jacob and Josef Kohn around 1910. In very nice condition.
The beechwood has a warm patina from the oxblood red coloured finish.
These chairs were purchased together with the small cafe table. Although the chairs are unmarked, the table is marked with the Kohn firm label.
Price: Chairs 3.800 euro (pair) Table 1.350 euro
Leonard Wyburd (Uk 1865-1958)
Liberty & Co ‘Thebes stool‘. Designed by Leonard Wyburd. Mahogany 44 x 40 x 34cm high.
(Evidence of a previous Liberty & Co label to underside).
Manufactured circa 1880s whilst Wyburd was head of the furniture and decoration studio at Liberty’s of London.
As the stool’s name implies, the design of this tripod stool was modelled on ancient Egyptian typologies. The design was the basis of similar stools presented later by both Josef Frank and Adolf Loos (as seen at the Möbelmuseum Wien).
Price: 2.200 euro
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