Dining Room Set by Gustav Siegel & Joseph Maria Olbrich Armchairs, Vienna, 1900, Set of 3

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About This Piece

Vintage Design

Object: side table
Design: Gustav Siegel (Vienna, 1899)
Model number: 326/T
Execution: Jacob & Josef Kohn (Vienna, 1900)
Dimensions in cm (H x DM): 74 × 69
Material: bentwood, ground glass, brass, fabric (original Backhausen, “Diana” by Prof. J. Hoffmann around 1909)
Condition: professionally restored
Provenance: Budapest private collection
Literature: Photography, photography of a reception room, executed by Jacob & Josef Kohn, Marianne Strobl, MAK Inv.nr. KI 7480-11 / Jacob & Josef Kohn, catalog 1904 & 1907, Éditions Volutes1900, p. 6 / Jacob & Josef Kohn, catalog 1904 & 1907, Éditions Volutes1900, p. 54 / Il mobile moderno, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Jacob & Josef Kohn, Giovanni Renzi, 2008, pp. 34-35

Object: 2 x armchairs
Design: Joseph Maria Olbrich (Vienna, 1898/1899)
Model number: -
Execution: Michael / Josef Niedermoser (Vienna, around 1900)
Dimensions in cm (H x W x D): 84 x 55.5 x 50
Material: mahogany wood (rosewood stained), brass, fabric (Backhausen, model “Diana - MC939B05”, design by Prof. Josef Hoffmann, 1909)
Condition: professionally restored (shellac hand-polished)
Provenance: Vienna
Literature: The Interior 1901, pp. 100-105 / Decorative Art - Illustrated Magazine for Applied Arts, Volume 6, 1900, p.472 / Art Nouveau Furniture - Vera J. Behal - Collection of the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, 213 / Wagner, Hoffmann, Loos and Viennese Modernism, Eva B. Ottilinger, 2018, pp. 92-95

Additional Information:
The secessionist seating group shown here, consisting of two armchairs and a side table, was not originally designed as a coherent ensemble, but rather combines pieces whose formal language harmonizes exceptionally. This stylistic agreement illustrates the close design relationship within the Viennese art scene around 1900 and illustrates the mutual influences between the leading designers and manufacturers of that time.

The armchairs were designed by Joseph Maria Olbrich in 1898/1899 for Dr. Designed by Friedrich Victor Spitzer and manufactured by the furniture manufacturers Josef and Michael Niedermoser. with these chairs, Olbrich, a founding member of the Vienna Secession (1897), created an example of the clear lines and reduced ornamentation that were characteristic of the avant-garde movements of this era.

The side table was designed by Gustav Siegel for Jacob & Josef Kohn in 1899 and produced from the Paris World Exhibition in 1900. As a student of Prof. Josef Hoffmann at the School of Applied Arts and later chief designer at Kohn, Siegel combined constructive innovation with an elegant design language. His designs are considered key works of bentwood technology and contributed significantly to the international recognition of Viennese furniture design.

An essential element that connects the individual pieces is the textile design: both the armchairs and the table were covered or lined with the “Diana” fabric, which Josef Hoffmann designed for Backhausen & Söhne in 1909. This common textile component reinforces the visual unity of the furniture and at the same time refers to the interdisciplinary collaboration within the Viennese decorative arts scene.

Although the seating group was not originally conceived as a unified ensemble, its composition reveals the close design relationships of the artists and manufacturers involved. It impressively demonstrates the shared striving for a new, modern formal language that characterized the Vienna Secession at the turn of the century.

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Creator	Josef Hoffmann, Gustav Siegel
Manufacturer	Jacob & Josef Kohn
Design Period	1890 to 1919
Year	1900
Production Period	1890 to 1919
Country of Manufacture	Austria
Identifying Marks	This piece has an attribution mark
Style	Vienna Secession, Art Nouveau
Detailed Condition	Restored — This vintage/antique item is in very good condition because it has been refreshed through new upholstery and/or refinishing.
Restoration and Damage Details	Completely restored
Product Code	ZNO-2149414
Materials	Beech, Bentwood, Brass, Glass, Textile
Color	Azure, ivory, puce
Width	170 cm 170 cm
Depth	70 cm 70 cm
Height	84 cm 84 cm
Weight Range	Standard — Between 40kg and 80kg

Shipping & Delivery

Ships from	Austria
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Front Door Delivery:
(Included in Every Order)

A skilled driver will unload the item(s) from the delivery truck and bring it to your building’s doorstep. You will be responsible for further transport beyond that point. We recommend asking a family member or friend for an extra hand; alternatively, you may upgrade to In-Home Delivery (see below).
The delivery partner will email and/or call you at least one day in advance to arrange a delivery time.
A wooden crate may be used for intercontinental shipments for maximum protection.
Item will be left in its packaging after delivery.
A signature will be required upon delivery.

In-Home Delivery:
(For in-home delivery service, additional fees apply. Please get in touch)

A skilled driver or a team of two will bring your item(s) inside your home and place it in the immediate entryway. For unusually large or heavy items, we recommend asking a family member or friend for an extra hand, as we cannot send more than 2 drivers.
The delivery partner will email and/or call you one day in advance to arrange a delivery time.
A wooden crate may be used for intercontinental shipments for maximum protection.
Item will be left in its packaging after delivery.
A signature will be required upon delivery.

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About the Designers

Josef Hoffmann

Architect-designer Josef Hoffmann was born in 1870 in Prinitz, Moravia (now Brtnice, the Czech Republic). He studied architecture at the Senior State Commercial and Technical School in Brünn (now Brno, Czech Republic). After a year of practice in Würzburg, Germany, he moved to Vienna, the city where he would remain for the rest of his life. He enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts there, and, between 1892 and 1895, studied under both Karl von Hasenauer and Otto Wagner. From 1896 to 1897, he worked in Wagner’s Vienna studio. He also became one of the founding members of the Vienna Secession, a group of artists (including Gustav Klimt, Carl Moll, and others) who favored a modern, experimental approach to the arts. Hoffman’s contributions to several Secession exhibition installations, all influenced by the Art Nouveau-Jugendstil style, helped establish his name. In 1899, he was appointed a professor at Vienna’s Kunstgewerbeschule, a position he held until his retirement in 1936. He taught in the school’s architecture, metalwork, enamel, and applied art departments.

Around 1900, Hoffmann became a proponent of the Gesamtkunstwerk (or total work of art) approach, exemplified through unified architecture and interior design, with an emphasis on craftsmanship. He was cofounder and co-artistic director, alongside Koloman Moser, for the new Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops) beginning in 1903. In 1905, he left the Secession, and received the commission to design the Palais Stoclet in Brussels. Completed in 1911, the Stoclet was arguably Hoffmann’s most important architectural project.

Throughout his prolific 50-year career, Hoffmann designed everything from textiles to furniture, fashion, jewelry, exhibitions, and buildings for prestigious clients like Lobmeyr and Lötz. Later in his life, he focused primarily on housing projects. Aesthetically, his work evolved from Jugendstil to more minimal, geometric forms and then on toward neoclassicism.

He died in Vienna in 1956.