Lot No. 225


An “Auersperg” chair and stool, designed by Oskar Wladar and Viktor Mödelhammer,


An “Auersperg” chair and stool, designed by Oskar Wladar and Viktor Mödelhammer, - Design

1957/58, for Karl Fostel Sen.’s Erben, Vienna, coated steel wire, woven cane seat, height 84 cm, width 43 cm, depth 48 cm, height of seat 41 cm, stool: height 44. (DRAX)

An early model that features a woven cane seat instead of a perforated sheet iron seat. Part of the “Sonett” series, which comprised various models of indoor and outdoor furniture.

Lit.: cf. Sonett product catalogue, Möbelfabrik Karl Fostel KG, 1180 Vienna, No. 10 Martinstraße – O. & P. Payer, Wohnungskunde, n.d., p. 161 – E. B. Ottillinger, Möbeldesign der 50er-Jahre. Wien im internationalen Kontext, Vienna 2005, p. 139, fig. 65 (“Sonett” tubular steel furniture leaflet, c. 1955).

Specialist: Dr. Gerti Draxler Dr. Gerti Draxler
+43-1-515 60-226

gerti.draxler@dorotheum.at

16.06.2016 - 18:00

Realized price: **
EUR 1,625.-
Estimate:
EUR 1,000.- to EUR 2,000.-

An “Auersperg” chair and stool, designed by Oskar Wladar and Viktor Mödelhammer,


1957/58, for Karl Fostel Sen.’s Erben, Vienna, coated steel wire, woven cane seat, height 84 cm, width 43 cm, depth 48 cm, height of seat 41 cm, stool: height 44. (DRAX)

An early model that features a woven cane seat instead of a perforated sheet iron seat. Part of the “Sonett” series, which comprised various models of indoor and outdoor furniture.

Lit.: cf. Sonett product catalogue, Möbelfabrik Karl Fostel KG, 1180 Vienna, No. 10 Martinstraße – O. & P. Payer, Wohnungskunde, n.d., p. 161 – E. B. Ottillinger, Möbeldesign der 50er-Jahre. Wien im internationalen Kontext, Vienna 2005, p. 139, fig. 65 (“Sonett” tubular steel furniture leaflet, c. 1955).

Specialist: Dr. Gerti Draxler Dr. Gerti Draxler
+43-1-515 60-226

gerti.draxler@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Design
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 16.06.2016 - 18:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 10.06. - 16.06.2016


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