Chair
ca. 1901 (made)
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This chair, made of ebonised beechwood, represents a new interpretation of the earlier form of bentwood chair developed by the Gebrüder Thonet between 1830 and 1842. Its upholstry appears continuous over the seat and back. This, together with the rounded overall design, gives this chair an appearance of greater comfort.
The prototype was designed as part of a dining room exhibited in the 1901 Christmas Exhibition at the Austrian Museum for Art and Industry, and the same model continued to be produced until about 1916.
The prototype was designed as part of a dining room exhibited in the 1901 Christmas Exhibition at the Austrian Museum for Art and Industry, and the same model continued to be produced until about 1916.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Ebonised beech and bentwood, the feet covered in aluminium, the seat and back upholstered in brown leather, edged with a brown and black gimp |
| Brief description | Austrian 1901 des. Hoffmann man. Kohn |
| Physical description | Chair in ebonised beechwood, using some bentwood construction, the feet capped in aluminium, the seat and back upholstered in leather, edged with a narrow brown and black gimp. The square-sectioned legs are joined by a low, continuous stretcher on the sides and back. The arched, tapering back frame is made in one piece, the outer back laminated. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'J.&.J. Kohn Teschan Austria' (1) Makers's mark; seat rail; branding) |
| Object history | Shown at the Österreichisches Museum für Kunst und Industrie in 1901 at the Christmas Exhibition. |
| Historical context | As the furniture historian Sekler has pointed out, the dining room in the 1901 exhibition, where this model was first shown, repeated the typical bentwood motif of a rounded corner in the panelling of its dado, in a rounded door frame, and even in the rounded profile of the upper part of a stove. This chair was still in production in 1916. |
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| Summary | This chair, made of ebonised beechwood, represents a new interpretation of the earlier form of bentwood chair developed by the Gebrüder Thonet between 1830 and 1842. Its upholstry appears continuous over the seat and back. This, together with the rounded overall design, gives this chair an appearance of greater comfort. The prototype was designed as part of a dining room exhibited in the 1901 Christmas Exhibition at the Austrian Museum for Art and Industry, and the same model continued to be produced until about 1916. |
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| Accession number | W.26-1982 |
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| Record created | September 2, 2003 |
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