Live Auction 762020th Century Decorative Art & Design
JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
Lot 39

JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)

FLEDERMAUS CAFE OIL & VINEGAR STAND, CIRCA 1906

Closed28 October 2008

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GBP 17,500

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JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
FLEDERMAUS CAFE OIL & VINEGAR STAND, CIRCA 1906
executed at the Wiener Werkstätte, silvered-alpaca, glass
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high; 5 in. (12.7 cm.) wide; 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) deep
impressed marks WW, Rosemark and JH

Specialist note

Waltraud Neuwirth mentions in her book that buyers for the design included the early Wiener Werkstätte patrons such as "Stoclet, Waerndorfer, Hellmann and Hirschwald".