JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)

AN IMPORTANT AND RARE CHANDELIER, 1906-13

Details

JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
AN IMPORTANT AND RARE CHANDELIER, 1906-13
executed by the Wiener Werkstätte, hammered silvered brass, glass, the domed ceiling rose hung with two tiers of four lights, each with white glass shades, four chains supporting a lower circular shade with fabric apron, the central cord mounted with three silvered knops
88 in. (234 cm.) high; 18 in. (46 cm.) wide
shade stamped with rosemark, WW, Josef Hoffmann's monogram and goldsmith's monogram for Josef Berger

Provenance

Bel Etage, Vienna (1995);
Private Collection, Vienna.

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Lot Essay

This chandelier is one of four examples of this design produced by the Wiener Werkstätte between 1906 and 1913. A period photograph of the model is in the Wiener Werkstätte Archive, held at the MAK, Vienna (inv. no. 97-47-1), where it is noted as 'Luster 12-flamm', Model 0622, illustrated on the preceding page.

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