AN EBONIZED WOOD AND ALUMINUM DESK, 1904-1906

Details

OTTO WAGNER (1841-1918)
An Ebonized Wood and Aluminum Desk, 1904-1906
for the Österreichische Postsparkasse, Thonet
43 in. (109.2 cm.) high, 46 in. (118 cm.) wide, 25 in. (64.8 cm.) deep
numbered 238 and 237 on drawers, locks stamped ALEX.ALBERT

Provenance

Paul Asenbaum, Vienna.
Christie's, New York, The Maurice and Margo Cohen Collection of Decorative Arts, 11 June 1999, lot 315.

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Lot Essay

This desk was designed for the Buchungsbüro (Deposits Office).

cf. Fünfundzwanzig Jahre Postsparkasse, Vienna, 1908.
P. Asenbaum, Otto Wagner: Möbel und Innenräume, 1984, p. 211, fig. 269 for a period photograph of the desk model and p. 212, figs. 271-271 for illustrations of the front and reverse of desk.

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