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?
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Color: Black
Creator: Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Grouping of Four Carl Auböck Brass Vases
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Grouping of four Carl Auböck brass vases. Includes models #7231 (W 3.1 in. x D 2.2 in. x H 6.4 in.), #3794 (W 3.25 in. x D 2 in. x H 6.75 in.), ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
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Brass
Carl Auböck Mid Century Vintage Black Brass Umbrella Stand Cane Holder 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid-Century Modern vintage authentic umbrella stand or cane holder by Carl Auböck for workshop Auböck, 1950s Austria.
The authentic umbrella stand is in original condition with belo...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
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Iron, Brass
Carl Auböck Model #7228 Patinated Brass Vase
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck model #7228 patinated brass vase designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural Viennese vase is executed in darkly patinated and polished brass by Werkstä...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
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Brass
Carl Auböck Model #4086 Patinated Brass Hook
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck brass #5439 patinated brass hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in polished and patinated brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböck...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
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Brass
Set of Five Patinated #4982 Wall Hooks by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
Set of five patinated #4982 wall hooks by Carl Auböck.
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
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Brass
Carl Auböck Model #7240 Brass Vase
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck model #7420 brass vase designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural Viennese vase is executed in darkly patinated and polished brass by Werkstätte Carl A...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
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Brass
Carl Auböck Model #7231 Brass Vase
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck model #7231 brass vase. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural Viennese vase is executed in polished and darkly pa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
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Brass
Grouping of Six Carl Auböck Brass Bookends
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Grouping of six Carl Auböck brass bookends. Includes one pair each of models #4635, #4636 and #4637. Designed in the 1950s, these incredibly refined and sculptural bookends are execu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
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Brass
Pair of Carl Auböck Bookends #4100 in a Patina and Polish Brass Mix
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
Classic pair of Carl Auböck bookends in a patina and polish brass mix.
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1940s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Bookends #4636
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
Classis pair of Carl Auböck bookend in a patina and polish brass mix.
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1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Model #3974 Brass Vase
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck model #3974 brass vase. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural Viennese vase is executed in darkly patinated and polished brass by Werkstätte Carl ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern 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
Corkscrew, Horn and Metal, Carl Auböck Vienna, Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A corkscrew, handle made of horn by Carl Auböck.
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1950s Austrian Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
Materials
Metal
Carl Auböck Magazine Rack No. 4102, Patinated Brass Leather, 1950
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A gorgeous and large magazine or newspaper tray made of patined brass and black leather designed by Carl Auböck, manufactured by Carl Auböck workshop, Vienna, Austria, in midcentury ...
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1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
Materials
Brass
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
Materials
Steel
Carl Auböck Mid-Century Brass and Cast Iron Umbrella Stand, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A straight and beautiful Austrian modernist umbrella stand, made of brass and cast iron. Designed and executed by Carl Auböck. A sophisticated piece, one of the most beautiful umbrella...
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20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
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Brass, Iron
Carl Auböck Midcentury Horn Comb, Austria, 1960s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful comb from the 1960s, made of cow Horn. Designed and executed by Carl Auböck. In excellent condition.
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
Materials
Horn
Carl Aubock Midcentury Black Cast Iron or Ashtray Bowl, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful modernist metal bowl or ashtray, made of grey or black cast iron from the 1950s. Designed and manufactured by Carl Aubock in Austria. ...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
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Iron
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
Materials
Metal
Carl Auböck Midcentury Black Leather Glass Pitcher, Excellent "As New" Condition
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
An elegant martini glass pitcher with black leather handle in excellent condition. We think, it is unused.
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
Materials
Leather, Glass
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
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck, Bird, Bottle Opener in Stainless Steel and Leather, Amboss, 1960
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, Austria
The bird, is a classic Auböck design from the 1960s. With two types of bottle openers plus cork screw, it has
been covered in leather as an aesthetic element and a great way to prot...
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1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
Set of Three Bowls by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
Set of three bowls by Carl Auböck #4279, #4280 and #4317
Measures:
28 cm x 5 cm x 3 cm
8 cm x 6 cm x 3 cm
4 cm x 7 cm diameter.
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
Materials
Brass
1960s Austrian Cow Horn Comb by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An elegant comb hand carved from cow horn with naturally occurring variations in color and pattern.
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1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
Materials
Horn
Beautiful Carl Aubock Cast-Iron Pepper Salt Mill with Peugeot Grinder, 1970s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful and solid modernist pepper- or salt mill with Peugeot grinder, made of black-finished cast iron. Designed and executed by Carl Aubock in th...
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20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
Materials
Iron
1960s Austrian Cow Horn Comb by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An elegant comb hand carved from cow Horn with naturally occurring variations in color and pattern.
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1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
Materials
Horn
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,...
Category
1980s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
1960s Austrian Cow Horn Comb by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An elegant comb hand carved from cow horn with naturally occurring variations in color and pattern.
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
Materials
Horn
1960s Austrian Cow Horn Comb by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An elegant comb hand carved from cow horn with naturally occurring variations in color and pattern.
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
Materials
Horn
Austrian Midcentury Brass and Leather Fish Cork Screw by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
This Iconic Austrian Midcentury fish shaped corc screw and bottle opener was designed by Carl Auböck Vienna. This one is a extremely Rare version in brass and leather. Signed Auböck.
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1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
Materials
Brass, Steel
Carl Auböck #3794 Aorta Vase
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
Aorta vase #3794 by Carl Auböck in patinated brass.
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Mid-Century Brass Umbrella Stand, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A straight and beautiful Austrian umbrella stand, made of brass and cast iron. Designed and executed by Carl Auböck. A sophisticated piece, one of the most beautiful umbrella...
Category
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
Materials
Brass, Iron
Carl Auböck Black Leather Cork Stopper
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
Great leather bottle stopper with the original leather string.
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1950s Austrian Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
Materials
Leather
Carl Auböck II Barboy Bottle Opener & Corkscrew, Leather & Steel, Amboss Austria
By Amboss Austria, Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful bird-shaped bottle opener & corkscrew, made of stainless steel, covered with dark-brown leather. Designed by Carl Aubock II, Vienna. Executed in the 1960 by Amboss Austri...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
Materials
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
Materials
Stoneware
Carl Auböck Brush Pen Holder
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
A wonderful little pen holder by Carl Auböck. Handmade in Vienna in the 1950s. A beautiful delicate sculptural piece.
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1950s Austrian Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Two Carl Aubock Large Brass Double Wall Coat Hooks #4056, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Up to two large charming Minimalist wall coat hooks, model #4056, designed and executed in the 1950s by Carl Aubock workshop, Vienna/Austria. These are authentic, vintage wall hooks...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Very Early Rare Completely Original Bell
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in London, GB
Mid-1940s bell by Carl Auböck with the original leather handle and stitching. Very rarely seen piece in a good condition. From a Viennese collection and first time being dealt since ...
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1940s Austrian Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Furniture
Materials
Pewter
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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