Lot No. 59
DescriptionA rare “World’s Fair” chair,
designed by Gebrüder Thonet for the 1873 Vienna World’s Fair, bent beech rasped in spirals, carved bentwood, fabric covering, height 91.5 cm, width 41.5 cm, depth 51 cm, height of seat 44.5 cm. (DR) A rare version with upholstered seat and back. At the World’s Fair held in Vienna in 1873, Thonet presented a suite comprising a chair, and armchair, and a settee made of spirally stained bentwood. Lit.: A.v.Vegesack, Das Thonetbuch, München 1987, p.95, ill. p.114-115 – G. Massobrio – P. Portogeshi, La seggiola di Vienna, Turin 1975, ill. p. 95 – Sitz-Gelegenheiten. Bugholz- und Stahlrohrmöbel von Thonet, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg 1989, p. 221, ill. 110 (a comparable model as an armchair)
Specialist: Dr. Gerti Draxler
Design - 22.05.2012 - 17:00
Design
Auction Date: 22.05.2012 - 17:00
Location: Palais Dorotheum
Category: Design
| realized price* | EUR 11.875,- |
| *USD 15.500,- |
*Purchase price incl. all charges, commissions and taxes
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