Live Auction 783820th Century Decorative Art & Design
Christie’s roundel
Lot 74

JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)

NINE PIECE RUNDESS MODELL FLATWARE SERVICE, DESIGNED 1906-1907, PRODUCED UNTIL 1916

Closed21 April 2010

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GBP 8,750

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JOSEF HOFFMANN (1870-1956)
NINE PIECE RUNDESS MODELL FLATWARE SERVICE, DESIGNED 1906-1907, PRODUCED UNTIL 1916
for the Wiener Werkstätte, silvered alpaca, steel knife blades
serving spoon 8¼ in. (21 cm.) long
each piece stamped with WW monogram, the handles of each engraved with personalised monogram GJW (9)

Specialist note

The design was originally created by Josef Hoffmann for the Cabaret Fledermaus. Sonia Knips, Berthold Löffler and Edward Titus, husband of Helena Rubenstein, also commissioned silver versions of the design.