Stool
ca. 1904 (made)
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This stool, made entirely of bent and shaped beechwood and aluminium studs, is strikingly modern in design. It was made for the Postsparkasse (Post Office Savings Bank) in Vienna, to which Jacob and Josef Kohn supplied a large amount of furniture, including bentwood shelving (one set of shelves, W.18-1982, is in the V&A's collection). The stool was used by customers in the main banking hall and a similar version was in use at the Postsparkasse until recently.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Beech, stained olive brown, with aluminium studs |
| Brief description | Austrian 1905-10 des. Wagner man. Kohn |
| Physical description | Stool, bent beechwood stained olive brown, the wood in four square and open geometrical sections supporting a shaped seat with punching in a regular pattern, and with a rectangular shape cut-out at the centre as a hand-hold. The wooden structure is held together by aluminium studs. |
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| Object history | This stool was made for Wagner's Post Office Savings Bank in Vienna, like W.18-1982. This stool was made for the main banking hall. |
| Historical context | Similar stools are still in use in the main banking hall of Wagner's Postsparkasse. |
| Summary | This stool, made entirely of bent and shaped beechwood and aluminium studs, is strikingly modern in design. It was made for the Postsparkasse (Post Office Savings Bank) in Vienna, to which Jacob and Josef Kohn supplied a large amount of furniture, including bentwood shelving (one set of shelves, W.18-1982, is in the V&A's collection). The stool was used by customers in the main banking hall and a similar version was in use at the Postsparkasse until recently. |
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| Accession number | W.16-1982 |
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| Record created | October 6, 2003 |
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