.jpg?w=1)
Lot Essay
cf. The Howell Co., catalogue, circa 1931, p. 11.
Wolfgang Hoffmann, the son of the Viennese architect Josef Hoffmann, immigrated with his wife, Pola, to the United States in 1925 where they establish their own creative identity. As a design team they created several distinguished interiors and designed a group of objects based on architecural forms during the late twenties.
Wolfgang became involved in the design of exhibits at the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago and shortly thereafter developed a group of tubular metal furniture for the Howell Co. in nearby St. Charles, Illinois.
Wolfgang Hoffmann, the son of the Viennese architect Josef Hoffmann, immigrated with his wife, Pola, to the United States in 1925 where they establish their own creative identity. As a design team they created several distinguished interiors and designed a group of objects based on architecural forms during the late twenties.
Wolfgang became involved in the design of exhibits at the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago and shortly thereafter developed a group of tubular metal furniture for the Howell Co. in nearby St. Charles, Illinois.