Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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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Creator: Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Carl Auböck Eight Midcentury Patinated Brass Wall Coat Hooks, 1950s, Austria
By Carl Auböck, Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Eight beautiful Austrian Mid-Century Modern solid brass hooks by Carl Auböck II from 1950s. They are made of polished and patinated solid brass.
The same hooks were sold at an aucti...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
Carl Auböck Midcentury Six Polished Brass Wall Coat Hooks, 1950s, Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Carl Auböck
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Six beautiful Austrian Mid-Century Modern solid brass hooks by Carl Auböck II. They are made of polished solid brass and come with the original brass screws.
The same hooks were sol...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
Carl Auböck Six Midcentury Patinated Brass Wall Coat Hooks, 1950s, Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Beautiful Austrian Mid-Century Modern solid brass hooks by Carl Auböck II from 1950s. They are made of patinated solid brass with polished details. This set is in excellent original ...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
Rare Vintage Pair of Brass Hanger Leather Covered by Carl Auböck, 1950
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Handstitched leather covers heavy brass hanger, designed by Carl Auböck in 1950s. Rarely seen piece. But not signed with a stamp.
Model number: 3664, very good vintage condition.
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1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
Large Carl Auböck Mid-Century Coat Rack Beech Wardrobe with 8 Brass Hooks, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
An elegant modernist wall-mounted coat rack from the 1950s. An original and old vintage object, designed and manufactured by the Austrian architect and designer Carl Auböck. The fram...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
Carl Aubock Two 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 Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
Rare Carl Auböck Coat Rack With Hat Rack, Wardrobe, Brass, Walnut & Beech, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
An elegant modernist wall-mounted coat rack from the 1950s. An original and old vintage object, designed and executed by the Austrian architect and designer Carl Auböck. This is a un...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
Mid-Century Modern Auböck Wardrobe Nutwood and Brass
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
For sale is an original Mid-Century Modern piece of design. The coat rack consists of beautiful warm nutwood with four brass hooks. The wooden slats have been assembled with raised c...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
Austrian Midcentury Beechwood and Blackened Brass Wall Coat Rack by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
This sought after Austrian midcentury wall mounted coat rack was designed by the Austrian architect and designer Carl Auböck in the ...
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1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
Set of Two Carl Auböck Midcentury Coat Brushes Designed
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
For sale is a unique piece of Mid-Century Modern design. The two coat brushes were carefully hand crafted out of horn and densely endowed with goat hairs. They were produced in the r...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Horn, Goat Hair
Large Carl Aubock Midcentury Walnut Ring Clothes Brush, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful large ring-shaped modernist wall-hung coat rack clothes brush from the 1950s. Designed and manufactured by Carl Aubock, Vienna, in the 1950s....
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Goat Hair, Wood, Walnut
Up to Five Carl Aubock Large Brass Double Wall Coat Hooks #4056, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Up to five large charming Minimalis 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 Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
Carl Auböck Ten Midcentury Patinated Brass Wall Coat Hooks, 1950s, Austria
By Carl Auböck, Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Ten beautiful Austrian Mid-Century Modern solid brass hooks by Carl Auböck II from 1950s. They are made of polished and patinated solid brass.
The same hooks were sold at an auction...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
Carl Auböck Four Midcentury Patinated Brass Wall Coat Hooks, 1950s, Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Beautiful Austrian Mid-Century Modern solid brass hooks by Carl Auböck II from 1950s. They are made of patinated solid brass with polished details.
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
Carl Auböck Midcentury Patinated Brass Wall Coat Hooks, 1950s, Austria
By Carl Auböck, Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Beautiful Austrian Mid-Century Modern solid brass hook by Carl Auböck II. Made of polished and patinated solid brass and come with the original brass screws.
The same hooks were sold...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
Carl Auböck Mid-Century Coat Rack Beech Wardrobe with 7 Brass Hooks, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
An elegant modernist wall-mounted coat rack from the 1950s. An original and old vintage object, designed and executed by the Austrian architect and designer Carl Auböck. The frame is...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
7 Authentic Heavy Brass Coat Hooks Designed by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
On offer are 7 massive brass coat hooks. They were designed by Carl Auböck in the 1950s and produced manually by his infamous Austrian Werkstätte.
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
5 Authentic Heavy Brass Coat Hooks Designed by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
On offer are 5 massive brass coat hooks. They were designed by Carl auböck in the 1950s and produced manually by his infamous Austrian Werkstätte.
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
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 Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
Carl Auböck Model #4903 Polished Brass Hook
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #4903 polished brass hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in polished brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria.
Pr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
Carl Auböck Model #4994 Polished Brass Hook
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #4994 polished brass hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in polished brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria.
Pr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
Carl Aubock Walnut & Leather Hand Mirror & Clothes Brush, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful Mid-Century hand mirror and clothes brush combination from the 1950s. Designed and executed in the 1950s by Carl Aubock Vienna. The handle is...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Leather, Mirror, Wood, Walnut
Ten Carl Aubock 5-Shaped Brass Hooks for the Wooden Coat Rack, Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Up to ten 5-shaped brass hooks, designed by Carl Aubock, Vienna. To be used with the Carl Aubock coat rack. Stamped and in excellent condition. S...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
Carl Auböck Model #4994 Patinated Brass Hook
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #4994 patinated brass hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in patinated brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria.
...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
Austrian Midcentury Brass and Leather Cloth Hangers by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
This rare brass and cognac brown leather cloth hangers have been designed and manufactured by Carl Auböck in the 1950s in Vienna Austria, Mod. no. 3664. one of them marked Auböck.
A...
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1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
Carl Auböck Model #4903 Patinated Brass Hook
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #4903 patinated brass hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in patinated brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria.
...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
Carl Auböck 2 / 40 Midcentury Brass Plated Coat Hangers, No.5714, 1960s, Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
2 of 40 Beautiful Mid-Century Modern cloth hangers designed and manufactured by Carl Auböck in 1960s. They are made of brass-plated solid steel. Of almost continuous organic shape wi...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass, Steel
Carl Auböck Midcentury Oak Wall Coat Rack with Eight Brass Hooks, 1950s, Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Carl Auböck
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Austrian Mid-Century Modern coatrack #4547 made of solid waxed oak wood with eight polished solid brass hooks designed by Carl Auböck and handmade by Werkstätten Auböck.
Lit.: Carl A...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
Mid Century Modern Vintage Set of Eight Brass Hooks Carl Auböck 1950s Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern vintage set of eight hooks from solid and partly blackened brass by Carl Auböck 1950s Vienna.
Wonderful set of eight pieces hooks number 5 like, which consists of...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
Carl Auböck Midcentury Wall Coat Rack #4547 & Seven Brass Hooks, 1960s, Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Carl Auböck
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Austrian Mid-Century Modern coatrack #4547 made of solid waxed beech wood with seven patinated/polished solid brass hooks designed by Carl Auböck and handmade by Werkstätten Auböck.
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
Carl Aubock Mid-Century Modern Beech Coat Rack Six Brass Hooks Vienna, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid-Century Modern vintage original Carl Auböck coat rack or wardrobe from beech with six brass hooks Vienna 1950s
While the wall mounted wardrobe...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
Carl Aubock Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brass Leather Coat Hook, 1960, Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid-Century Modern vintage coat hook model# 4650 designed by Carl Auböck and manufactured
by Carl Auböck workshop 1960 Vienna.
The gorgeous stitch...
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1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
Carl Auböck Midcentury Wall Coat Rack with Six Brass Hooks, 1950s, Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Carl Auböck
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Austrian Mid-Century Modern coatrack made of solid beechwood with six polished solid brass hooks designed by Carl Auböck and handmade by Werkstätten A...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
Carl Aubock Brass Coat Rack
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Austria, 1950s, solid cast bronze. Three sculptural biomorphic hooks mounted to a teak bracket. Bracket measures 32.75" x 2.75". Hooks are 7" x 4". Nice vintage example.
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1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brass Leather Coat Hook Carl Auböck 1960 Vienna
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid-Century Modern vintage leather coat hook designed and executed by Carl Auböck workshop 1960 Vienna, which shows a beautiful hand stitched cogn...
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1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
Carl Auböck Vintage Beech Brass Coat Rack or Coat Stand, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
An original Carl Auböck vintage beech brass coat rack or wall mounted wardrobe, which was designed in Austria 1950s.
The coat rack was made of shel...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
Two Midcentury Coat Rack in Brass and Block Patina, from Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, Austria
Two midcentury coat hooks in brass and black. Designed in the 1950s by Carl Auböck and manufactured in Austria, they have acquired a lovely patin...
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1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Metal
Mid-Century Modern Wall Beech Vintage Wardrobe with Brass Hooks by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
This presented wall-mounted wardrobe by Carl Auböck, Vienna circa 1950, was made of beechwood slats, which were lacquered black and colorless.
Also the wardrobe features five pieces...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
10x Vintage Carl Auböck II Nickel-Plated Brass Wall Hooks, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Up to 10 Midcentury brass wall hooks, model 4330, designed and executed in the 1950s by Carl Aubock II in Vienna, Austria. Sold and priced per piece. This is the more unusual nickel-...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass, Nickel
Set of 6 Original 50s Wardrobe Hooks Solid Brass Created by Carl Auböck
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Set of 6 Original 50s Wardrobe hooks solid brass created by Carl Auböck.
Bought directly from an Viennese apartment, furnished in the year 1958.
Original brass screws are included...
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1950s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Werkstätte Carl Auböck Coat Racks and Stands
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Brass
Werkstätte Carl Auböck coat racks and stands for sale on 1stDibs.
Werkstätte Carl Auböck coat racks and stands 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 coat racks and stands, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 41 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 4 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original coat racks and stands by Werkstätte Carl Auböck were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the mid-20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider coat racks and stands by Walter Bosse, and Herta Baller. Prices for Werkstätte Carl Auböck coat racks and stands can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $290 and can go as high as $10,500, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,636.
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