JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
Armchair, Model Series 422, designed 1916
produced by J. & J. Kohn, Vienna
ebonized limed ash, leather upholstery
31 1⁄2 x 27 1⁄2 x 23 1⁄2 in. (80 x 69.8 x 59.7 cm)
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
Armchair, Model Series 422, designed 1916
produced by J. & J. Kohn, Vienna
ebonized limed ash, leather upholstery
31 1⁄2 x 27 1⁄2 x 23 1⁄2 in. (80 x 69.8 x 59.7 cm)
Herbert Asenbaum, Vienna
K. Mang, Thonet Bugholzmöbel, Vienna, 1982, p. 109 (present lot illustrated) W. Schweiger, Wiener Werkstätte: Design in Vienna 1903-1932, Vienna, 1984, p. 79 G. Renzi, Il mobile moderno: Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Jacob & Josef Kohn, Milan, 2008, pp. 222-223
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