Armchair by Josef Frank for Thonet and Shelf from Fischel, 1930s, Set of 2

Object: Armchair / Fireside chair (1 example available) Design: Josef Frank (Vienna around 1930)
Model number: A 752
Manufactured by: Thonet (Vienna around 1935)
Dimensions in cm (H x W x D x SH): 74 x 62 x 57 x 39
Material: Bent beechwood (Vienna wickerwork, brass for the other examples)
Color: Farrow & Ball: Blue Grey / Modern Eggshell
Condition: Professionally restored Provenance: Private collection, Lower Austria
Literature: Die Form - Journal for Design Work, Issue 1, 1932, p. 218 / Werkbundsiedlung Wien, Wien Museum, Nierhaus et al. / Thonet Catalog Amsterdam, 1935, p. 14 / Gebrüder Thonet - Technical Reference Book for Furniture Components, Leg Connections 1909, p. 9 / Gebrüder Thonet - Technical Reference Book for Furniture Specifications, Front Legs 1909, p. 14 / Werkbundsiedlung Vienna, 1932, A Manifesto of Living, pp. 232-235 Additional Information: Leg connection Model No. 61 Front leg Model No. 14 Front leg Model No. 14

The fireside chair (Model A 752) designed by Josef Frank became part of the interior design of Walter Loos's house No. 20 in the Werkbundsiedlung (Woinovichgasse 24-26) as well as house No. 67 by architect Gabriel Guévrékian (Paris), furnished by Rudolf Baumfeld. Guévrékian was a student of Josef Hoffmann and Oskar Strnad. "Walter Loos trained at the Vienna School of Applied Arts under Josef Frank and Josef Hoffmann and worked in Paris with Adolf Loos in the mid-1920s. While Walter Loos himself designed the interior of house no. 20 of the Vienna Werkbund Estate, the architect Peter Feile was responsible for the interior design of house no. 19. Loos and Feile had already worked together in Würzburg and were also close friends. A historical photograph from 1932 shows the living room of house no. 20 with a multifunctional wall unit. Lightened by the movable furniture from Thonet, the room conveys a certain lightness despite the almost floor-to-ceiling wall construction. Although no other photos of the terraced house's interior are known, the floor plans of the houses reveal that Loos intended the use of built-in furniture on the first floor as well as the kitchen." - Mag. Anna Stuhlpfarrer

Object: Bookshelf
Design: Unknown (Vienna around 1915)
Model number: No. 2BG, M. 22
Manufactured by: Fischel (Vienna around 1915)
Dimensions in cm (H x W x D): 88 x 56.5 x 23
Material: Bent beechwood
Color: Farrow & Ball: Blue Grey / Modern Eggshell
Condition: Professionally restored
Provenance: Private collection, Vienna
Literature: D. G. Fischel, Niemes bis Wien, The Catalog of 1915, p. 64.