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Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture

Austrian

In Vienna’s Neubau district, a beautiful Biedermeier townhouse has been home to the Werkstätte Carl Auböck for more than 100 years. Inside the workshop, where production continues to this day, countless objects line the shelves, walls, tabletops and desktops.

The Viennese artist and designer Carl Auböck II was one of the quirkiest and most delightful and collectible of modern designers. A rather odd duck in the world of decorative arts, he was a peculiar talent whose specialties included smaller desk accessories and tabletop pieces such as corkscrews, paperweights, letter openers, bookends and bottle stoppers. He rendered these pieces in a combination of metal — most often brass — and such elemental materials as leather, knobby wood and animal horn, creating forms that could be almost Surrealist, from hands and feet to keys, birds and amoebae.

As a boy, Auböck was precocious and artistic. He studied drawing and at the same time trained in the workshop of his father, Karl Heinrich Auböck, a popular maker of traditional bronze figurines and collectibles. In 1919, Carl II went to Germany to study at the Bauhaus, where he was a pupil of the progressive artist and theorist Johannes Itten. While the Bauhaus is most associated with the rigidly ordered, functionalist architecture of its directors Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the school was in reality a liberal, spirited place — a crucible for imaginative, playful and avant-garde art and design. It was this spirit that imbued Carl II’s work from the time he left in 1921.

In 1922 or ’23, Carl Auböck II returned to Vienna to help care for his ailing father, and he took over the business. He created the Werkstätte Carl Auböck and a legacy that earned his objects cult status among collectors. The business was passed on to his descendants, who run the atelier that is still in operation today. Today, objects designed by Carl II make up 90 percent of Werkstätte Carl Auböck’s production, joined by the creations of architect and designer Carl IV, his grandson.

Vintage Auböck designs have a special character, a patina that only emphasizes how much the pieces have been loved and used. Carl Aubock II’s small furniture items — leather- or caned-sling magazine racks; free-edge wooden side tables with tubular bronze legs; wicker serving trolleys with turned beechwood wheels — are elegant and purposeful. His bijoux desktop objects, library tools, ashtrays and barware pieces evince a kind of mirthful practicality. They seem to ask: “If you need a corkscrew, or a paperweight, or a candlestick, why not make it fun as well as functional?” And indeed, why not?

Find a collection of vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck mirrors, seating, tables, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Period: Late 20th Century
Creator: Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Vintage Carl Aubock , Lighter Horn Design, Years 1970
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Biella, IT
Carl Aubock design in years ’70, lighter horn rare, perfect.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture

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Metal

Carl Aubock Framed Hand #5275 for Neiman Marcus
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in San Francisco, CA
Carl Aubock design solid brass ballerina hand model #5275, Austria. Lovely decorative desk or table top object by the master Carl Aubock. Mounted on...
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1970s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture

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Brass

Carl Auböck Striped Enameled Pan with Lid by Riess, Unused, Austria, 1970s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A very beautiful enameled pan with lid, designed by Carl Auböck Vienna. Executed by Riess/Austria, 1970s. Diameter without handle 10 in Excellent condition, unused in original box. We are offering many other Carl Auböck pans...
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1970s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture

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Metal, Enamel

Carl Aubock Enameled Pot with Lid by Riess, Orange, White, Green, Austria, 1970s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful enameled pot with lid, designed by Carl Aubock Vienna, Executed by Riess/Austria, 1970s diameter without handles 7" orange, white and green, white interior very good cond...
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1970s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture

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Enamel, Metal

Bookends by Carl Auböck III
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare pair of bookends by Carl Auböck III. Nickel plated steel. 1970s.  
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1970s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture

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Steel

Carl Auböck Black Flatware Culinar, 12 People, 81 Pieces, Collini Austria, 1979
By Collini 1, Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A gorgeous set of a black flatware / cutlery from the Culinar-series for 12 people designed by Carl Auboeck for Ostovics, manufactured by Collini Austria,...
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1980s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture

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Stainless Steel

Carl Aubock Enameled Pot with Lid by Riess, Orange, White, Green, Austria, 1970s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful enameled pot with lid, designed by Carl Aubock Vienna. Executed by Riess, Austria, 1970s. Diameter without handle 6 in Orange, white and green, white interior. Excellent condition, very marginal signs of age. We are offering other matching Carl Aubock pans...
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1970s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture

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Metal, Enamel

Two Bookends by Carl Auböck Brass Design Vienna, Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A pair of large solid brass bookends created and manufactured by the Austrian architect and designer Carl Auböck. These outstanding objects made of solid polished and decorated brass...
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1980s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture

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Brass

Carl Auböck III Fondue Set
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Chicago, IL
Carl Auböck III Fondue set, by Riess: Enameled steel, stainless steel, Austria, circa 1980 Signed underside.  
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1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture

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Metal

Flowerrack or Cactus Holder by Carl Auböck, Vienna, Austria, Brass, 1980s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Enchanting and charming small flowerrack or cactus holder by Carl Auböck, Vienna, Austria. Its basis consists of a solid and black patinated piece of brass, while the brackets are of...
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1980s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture

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Brass

Watering Can Made of Solid Brass by Austrian Designer Carl Auböck, Vienna, 1970s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
An extravagant watering can manufactured by the Austrian architect and designer Carl Auböck. This object, made entirely of brass and of high quality craftsmanship, can exist both in ...
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1970s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture

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Brass

Carl Auböck X-Lamp, Midcentury Bamboo and Brass Floor Lamp, 1970s, Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Simple and elegant midcentury floor lamp designed by Carl Auböck and manufactured by Werkstätten Carl Auböck in Vienna. The lamp is made of a bamboo stick with a solid brass X-base w...
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1970s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture

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Brass

Carl Auböck Black Flatware Culinar, 12 People, 81 Pieces, Collini Austria, 1979
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Collini 1
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A gorgeous set of a black flatware / cutlery from the Culinar-series for 12 people designed by Carl Auboeck for Ostovics, manufactured by Collini Austria,...
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1980s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture

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Stainless Steel

Stoneware Cafe Set by Carl Auböck for Ostovics
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Stoneware pottery cafe set designed in the 1970s by Carl Auböck for Ostovics. Anthracite/blue glaze. Excellent original condition.    
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1970s Austrian Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture

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Stoneware

Carl Auböck III Folding Tea Trolley
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in New York City, NY
Carl Auböck III folding wooden tea trolley, Austria, circa 1980s  Originally designed for the Culinar Ostovics, this tea trolley consists of two se...
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Late 20th Century Austrian Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture

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Wood

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Carl Auböck Walnut Bowl
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H 2.56 in W 9.65 in D 4.85 in
Carl Auböck III Solid Walnut Cutting Board or Serving Tray
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Werkstätte Carl Auböck furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

Werkstätte Carl Auböck furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Werkstätte Carl Auböck furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 599 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 369 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture by Werkstätte Carl Auböck were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Walter Bosse, Karl Hagenauer, and Franz Hagenauer. Prices for Werkstätte Carl Auböck furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $145 and can go as high as $27,073, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $823.

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