Born from the Vienna Secession art movement in Austria during the early 20th century, the Wiener Werkstätte helped to cement Art Nouveau style and culture in Viennese art. Wiener Werkstätte furniture included armchairs, cabinets and table lamps, with production extending to other crafts such as ceramics, jewelry and fashion. The Werkstätte also boasted a large graphic arts department, which created nearly 1,000 unique postcards during the organization’s run.
Austrian architect Josef Hoffmann, painter Koloman Moser and industrialist Fritz Waerndorfer established the collective in opposition to the dominant trends in Viennese art. The artistic community was then largely directed by the Association of Austrian Artists, which had firm control over the creation and distribution of Austrian art. The collective’s style pushed back against traditional artistic preferences, instead favoring clear, bold lines and often-exaggerated, vibrant colors.
Employing over 100 people, including several master craftsmen, the Werkstätte formed relationships and alliances with a number of firms and stores, which sold and commissioned new work from the workshop.
As the Wiener Werkstätte’s mission aligned with emerging British sensibilities regarding art, many British artists worked closely with the collective. Some major Austrian artists collaborated with the collective, without officially joining, such as painter Gustav Klimt.
The Werkstätte’s artistic range was extensive and eclectic, with the organization producing a wide variety of furniture. In 1932, the global economic collapse forced it to shut down. With the outbreak of WWII soon to follow, the Wiener Werkstätte never reopened. Its legacy lived on, however, in the numerous artists and craftspeople who carried forward its commitment to progressive cultural and creative endeavors.
On 1stDibs, find antique Wiener Werkstätte lighting, seating and storage pieces.
Original Josef Hoffmann & Wiener Werkstatte Vienna Secessonist Flower Stand
By Wiener Werkstätte, Woka Lamps, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Vienna, AT
A typical work from the early period of the Wiener Werkstatte. Punched iron sheet, white lacquered. See similar items - Wiener Werkstatte pattern books as displayed. No signature.
Metal
JOSEF HOFFMANN Austria 1920 Deco Fluted Amphora Vase With Handles In 900 Silver
By Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Miami, FL
A fluted decorative amphora vase designed by Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956). This is an exceptional and exceedingly rare Austrian Art Deco cabinet amphora vase, designed by Josef Hoffma...
Silver, Sterling Silver
Josef Hoffmann Bowl, Wiener Werkstatte, circa 1915 - 1920
By Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann, Moser Glassworks
Located in New York, NY
Josef Hoffmann cut and ground clear crystal bowl / vase made by Ludwig Moser & Söhne, Karlsbad for Wiener Werkstätte circa 1915 - 1920. Stamp signature to underside: [MOSER KARLSBAD ...
Glass
Kitty Rix for Wiener Werkstatte Ceramic Figues of Horses
By Kitty Rix, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful whimsical terracotta group of a mother horse and her foal by the Austrian Master Kitty Rix Tihacek. It is well marked and monogrammed on the base. It is impressed with th...
Terracotta
Original, Hallmark. Massive Silver Candleholder, Koloman Moser Wiener Werkstätte
By Koloman Moser, Woka Lamps, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
Signature: Austrian silver-mark, WW-mark. What is unusual for a Wiener Werkstatte silver-object. The signatures are on the bottom side instead...
Lapis Lazuli, Silver
Unique Low Cabinet with Intarsia by Viktor Lurje for Wiener Werkstätte c. 1926
By Wiener Werkstätte, Viktor Lurje
Located in Berlin, DE
Unique low cabinet with intarsia designed by the architect, artist and craftsman Viktor Lurje (1883-1944) and manufactured by Wiener Werkstätte GmbH, circa 1926. Together with Oskar ...
Wood
Wiener Werkstaette Expressive Ceramics, Chinese With Horse, By Susi Singer, 1920
By Wiener Werkstätte, Susi Singer
Located in Vienna, AT
An exotic decorated, restlessly looking horse stands on an oval base plate; a Chinese man with typical headgear looks out from behind him and clings to the animal's mane. In the fore...
Ceramic
Josef Hoffmann Vase, Wiener Werkstatte, circa 1915 - 1920
By Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann, Moser Glassworks
Located in New York, NY
Josef Hoffmann cut and ground clear crystal vase made by Ludwig Moser & Söhne, Karlsbad for Wiener Werkstätte circa 1915 - 1920. Stamp signature to underside: [MOSER KARLSBAD WW CZEC...
Glass
Rare Silver Vase with Glass Insert by Josef Hoffmann for Wiener Werkstätte
By Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Wiener Werkstatte silver reticulated flower basket with original glass insert in a very rare model made with silver. Designed by Josef Hoffmann (Austrian, 1870-1956), Vienna, circa...
Silver
Wiener Werkstaette Arts And Crafts, Beaded Bag, by Maria Likarz-Strauss, c 1919
By Maria Likarz, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional, rare pouch bag with abstract bead embroidery in bright orange, beige, dark brown and white, crocheted at the upper edge, cords as drawstrings with olive-shaped wooden be...
Animal Skin, Goatskin, Silk, Beads
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Kitty Rix for Wiener Werkstatte 1920's Cat Ceramic
By Wiener Werkstätte, Kitty Rix
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful ceramic, pottery cat designed by Kitty Rix and executed by the Wiener Werkstatte in the late 1920's. It was produced as a lamp and has an old leviton fixture and some new...
Pottery
German Bauhaus Wiener Werkstatte B. Grundmann Bronze Statue of a Male Smelter
By Wiener Werkstätte
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Striking German Bauhaus Art Deco Cast Bronze Sculpture of a Young Male Smelter by Bernard Grundmann. The piece was produced at the Berlin Wiener Werkstatte studio in 1929-30 and sign...
Bronze
Mini Centerpiece, Wiener Werkstätte, Design by Josef Hoffmann, Austria
By Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
An exquisite mini centerpiece in silver-plated metal, produced by the Wiener Werkstätte in Austria around the 1910s and 1920s, and attributed to the design of Josef Hoffmann (1870–19...
Metal
Large Wiener Werkstaette Koloman Moser Flower Stand, Jardiniere, Re-Edition
By Woka Lamps, Koloman Moser, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
Designed and originally manufactured for the early showrooms of the Wiener Werkstaette in Vienna VII, Neustiftgasse 32-34 - Model# M 0182 The diameter of the pots is 16cm Punched i...
Iron
Koloman Moser Art Nouveau Meteor Bowl With Silver Rim, Bakalowits Vienna, 1900s
By Koloman Moser, Bakalowits & Söhne, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful Art Nouveau Vienna Secession mouth-blown „Meteor“ optical glass bowl with a rim made of silver-plated brass from the early 1900s. Designed by Koloman Moser (1868 - 1919),...
Brass
Erna Kopriva Pottery Sculpture/Terracotta , Figure for Wiener Werkstatte
By Wiener Werkstätte, Erna Kopriva
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great sample of the well known Austrian artist, Erna Kopriva. She was assistant of Joseph Hoffman and worked at Wiener Werkstatte . Similar pieces are now...
Terracotta
Gudrun Baudisch for Wiener Werkstatte Figural Group
By Wiener Werkstätte, Gudrun Baudisch
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful hand painted ceramic by the secessionist master Gudrun Baudisch. The piece is whimsical and brightly painted. It is signed with the Wiener Werkstatte Logo and the Artist’...
Terracotta
Pair of Wiener Werkstatte Brass Bowls by Dagobert Peche
By Wiener Werkstätte, Dagobert Peche
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of brass bowl in stepped concentric form designed by Dagobert Peche (Austrian, 1887-1923) and for Wiener Werkstatte circa 1910s-1920s. In the iconic style of Vienna Secession,...
Brass
Wiener Werkstaette Art Ceramics Expressive Style Bowl by Vally Wieselthier, 1921
By Vally Wieselthier, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
Bowl on an oval ground plan with flared, wavy and curved walls on four swept-out feet, fruit and leaf decoration in relief on the bowl base and on the outside, colored glazed in an e...
Ceramic
Wiener Werkstaette Art Ceramics Expressive Style Beer Mug by V. Wieselthier 1919
By Wiener Werkstätte, Vally Wieselthier
Located in Vienna, AT
Slender jug, which widens in the upper part and narrows at the top again, with spout and opposite handle, surface decorated in relief with three antique-style heads and stylized, sla...
Ceramic
Pair of Wiener Werkstatte Brass Bowls by Dagobert Peche
By Wiener Werkstätte, Dagobert Peche
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of brass bowl in stepped concentric form designed by Dagobert Peche (Austrian, 1887-1923) and for Wiener Werkstatte circa 1910s-1920s. In the iconic style of Vienna Secession,...
Brass
Willy Guhl Saucer Planter on Stand
By Willy Guhl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
31" Willy Guhl saucer planter on stand for Eternit Floating saucer planter on base Sculptural garden vessel The base can be flipped upside down for use ...
Concrete
Josef Hoffmann Vase, Wiener Werkstatte, circa 1915 - 1920
By Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann, Moser Glassworks
Located in New York, NY
Josef Hoffmann cut and ground clear crystal vase made by Ludwig Moser & Söhne, Karlsbad for Wiener Werkstätte circa 1915 - 1920. Stamp signature to underside: [MOSER KARLSBAD WW CZEC...
Glass
$10,828
H 41.74 in W 51.97 in D 17.72 in
Scandinavian Modern cabinet '2661' by Mjölby Intarsia, Sweden, 1940s
By Mjölby Intarsia, Erik Mattsson 1
Located in Eskilstuna, SE
Exceptional cabinet or sideboard model '2661' by unknown designer and executed by Mjölby Intarsia in Sweden during the 1940s. Beautiful wooden inlay on doors. Key included. One of...
Beech, Oak, Teak, Walnut
Pair of Sheraton Revival Small Locking Cabinets
Located in Hanover, MA
Pair of interesting and lovely single door walnut cabinets with satinwood decorative inlay, probably Edwardian made in the Sheraton taste. Each has a single pull-out open drawer shelf. Possibly bedside lockers...
Satinwood, Walnut
Low Cabinet
By Luuk van den Broek
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Luuk van den Broek makes this piece “made to order” also other colors (custom) options like the dark mustard are available. Lead time 6-8 weeks. The multi layerd coating electroplat...
Metal
1920s Josef Hoffmann for Weiner Wersktatte Silver Footed Bowl
By Josef Hoffmann
Located in Brooklyn, NY
1920s. Silver footed bowl by famed designer Josef Hoffman and Wiener Werkstatte. Hoffman is a prolific designer who helped to cement the design of the Secessionist era. Werkstatte wa...
Silver
Hammered Brass Fluted Vase by Josef Hoffmann, Austria, c. 1920s
By Josef Hoffmann
Located in San Francisco, CA
A hand-hammered brass vase with dramatic vertical fluting and flared rim. Marked "WIENER WERK STÄTTE" with JH monogram and WW mark.
Brass
Towering Skyscraper Storage Cabinet by Maitland Smith 1980s
By Tony Duquette
Located in Dallas, TX
This Maitland Smith hommage to Paul Frankl's "Skyscraper Furniture" Features 18 Drawers two drawers and a pull-out shelf. It is a post-modern mast...
Brass
$11,000
H 47.25 in W 35.04 in D 16.93 in
Swedish Modern 1930s Cabinet by Vingåkers Möbelfabrik with Mjölby Intarsia Decor
By Mjölby Intarsia
Located in Örebro, SE
This is the Swedish Modern 1930s Cabinet with detailed Mjölby Intarsia-decor from Vingåkers Möbelfabrik. It comes in very good condition, made of birc...
Birch, Plywood, Elm, Walnut
Lidded Box by Josef Hoffmann for Wiener Werkstätte, 1920s
By Josef Hoffmann
Located in Purkersdorf, AT
Lidded cigarette tin – handmade. Designed by Josef Hoffmann for the Wiener Werkstätte – no markings (see photo for a comparable object with a signature) – also documented in the MAK ...
Fruitwood
Willy Guhl Planter on Stand
By Willy Guhl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Willy Guhl for Eternit 47" planter on stand. Floating saucer planter on base. Sculptural garden vessel. The base can be flipped upside down for u...
Concrete
$12,424
H 47.64 in W 32.68 in D 15.75 in
Kurt Østervig Cabinet in Teak and Oak with Round intarsia, 1960s
By K.P. Møbler 1, Kurt Østervig
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Kurt Østervig, cabinet in teak and oak with round intarsia, cabinetmaker K. P. Møbler, 1960s.
Oak, Teak
Josef Hoffmann Hammered Silver Covered Bowl
By Josef Hoffmann
Located in New York, NY
Hoffmann’s covered bowl is a striking synthesis of Egyptian, Chinese, and medieval European design. Its lid, with a rounded conical profile and cabochon malachite finial, draws inspiration from Qing dynasty mandarin hats...
Silver
Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte Brass Repoussé Bowl
By Josef Hoffmann
Located in New York, NY
A jewel-like work of metalcraft by Josef Hoffmann, this footed brass bowl (model M sh 18), designed for the Wiener Werkstätte around 1925, brings tog...
Brass
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H 10.24 in W 5.91 in D 3.55 in
Wiener Werkstaette Expressive Ceramics 'Female Chandelier', by Susi Singer 1924
By Wiener Werkstätte, Susi Singer
Located in Vienna, AT
Half-length figure of a young woman, with a bell-shaped skirt forming the base, characterised by long, curly black hair and a relief-decorated gown, her left hand on her hip, her rig...
Ceramic
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H 7.09 in W 7.49 in D 5.24 in
Wiener Werkstaette Art Ceramics Expressive Style, Vase, by V. Wieselthier 1927
By Vally Wieselthier, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
Cylindrical base, vessel above rising in a tulip shape, flared rim, two curved bands applied offset on the sides as handles, three-leaf flowers in relief on the front and back. Geome...
Ceramic
Josef Hoffmann & Wiener Werkstätte Flower Pots Ensemble
By Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann, Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Group of handcrafted flowerpots. available in several sizes Material Solid punched brass.
Brass
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H 3.94 in W 11.93 in D 5.91 in
Art Nouveau writing set Carl Witzmann & Josef Hoffmann Wiener Werkstätte 1917
By Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Writing accessoire with two inkwells, model no. 2216 - Mszas 2, Carl Witzmann & Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte, 1917 marked "JH", rose mark, "WIENER/WERK /STÄTTE", "9", "1", "2" ...
Silver
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H 2 in W 4 in D 4.5 in
Vienna Secession Metal Box by Josef Hoffmann and Wiener Werkstätte, Austria
By Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann
Located in North Miami, FL
1920s Vienna Secession silvered metal box with wooden interior by Josef Hoffmann and Wiener Werkstätte, Austria By: Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann Material: metal, silver plate, ...
Metal, Silver Plate
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H 24.5 in Dm 8 in
1920s Josef Hoffman's Dark Glass Urn/Vase and Lid for Wiener Werkstätte, Austria
By Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann
Located in North Miami, FL
1920s Art Nouveau polygonal dark glass urn/vase with lid designed by Josef Hoffman for Wiener Werkstätte, Austria By: Josef Hoffman, Wiener Werkstätte Material: glass, cut glass, cr...
Crystal
Milk Jug by Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, Austria, 1920
By Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Milan, IT
Milk jug with handle, made of dodecagon-shaped smooth silver-plated brass, Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, Austria circa 1920.
Brass
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H 9.85 in W 22.84 in D 17.72 in
Unique Museum Specimen of a Casket by Viktor Lurje for the Wiener Werkstätten
By Viktor Lurje, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Saarbrücken, SL
A Vienna / New York history. Unique museum specimen of a casket by Viktor Lurje for the Wiener Werkstätten, dated 1920. Signature Viktor Lurje VL and th...
Wood
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H 4.57 in W 13.78 in D 10.24 in
Wiener Werkstätte Art Ceramics, Expressive Style Bowl by Vally Wieselthier, 1921
By Vally Wieselthier, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
Large bowl on an oval ground plan with flared, wavy and curved walls on four swept-out feet in the shape of leaves, flower and leaf decoration in relief on the bowl base and on the o...
Ceramic
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H 7.49 in W 8.47 in D 5.32 in
Wiener Werkstaette Expressive Style Art Ceramic Vessel, Wieselthier Nr: 9067
By Wiener Werkstätte, Vally Wieselthier
Located in Vienna, AT
Ceramic box with a stepped stand ring, widening to a straight, cylindrical wall, two J-shaped handles opposite each other with an angular, flat cross-section, slightly curved lid wit...
Ceramic
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H 13 in W 18.12 in D 0.4 in
Koloman Moser Chanukiah, 1904 Jugendstil, Wiener Werkstaette Style, Re-edtion
By Woka Lamps, Wiener Werkstätte, Koloman Moser
Located in Vienna, AT
Koloman Moser designed this Chanukkia for Hermann Wittgenstein 1904, other images show the interior for Hermann Wittgenstein as well as a documentation of Deutsche Kunst und Dekorati...
Brass
Josef Hoffmann a “Flower Basket”, Wiener Werkstätte, 1906
By Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Brussels, BE
Josef Hoffmann a “flower basket”, Wiener Werkstätte, 1906 cf MAK, Vienna, Wiener Werkstätte Archive, WWF 132–53–1, model number: M 0552. In 1892, Hoffmann applied to Vienna’s A...
Metal
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H 10.24 in W 5.32 in D 5.32 in
Wiener Werkstaette Expressive Art Ceramics 'Cactus Carrier', by G. Baudisch 1927
By Wiener Werkstätte, Gudrun Baudisch
Located in Vienna, AT
Male figure with pointed hat, kneeling on his left leg and balancing cactus pots, holding one on his left shoulder, another between it and his head, one on ...
Ceramic
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H 5.12 in Dm 5.91 in
Ceramic Vase Susi Singer Wiener Werkstatte circa 1928 Expressive Ceramics Blue
By Wiener Werkstätte, Susi Singer
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Ceramic vase designed by Susi Singer manufactured by Wiener Werkstatte circa 1928 Austrian Expressive Ceramics Cachepot The Wiener Werkstätte was not only artistically very progressive, but also on a societal level, as many female artists worked there. Especially in the ceramics department, one could find female designers like Vally Wieselthier, Gudrun Baudisch and Susi Singer, who were eager to experiment. Susi Singer studied at the Kunstschule für Frauen und Mädchen (Art school for women and girls) under various renowned designers such as Adolf Boehm...
Ceramic, Earthenware
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H 7.29 in W 7.88 in D 2.76 in
Ceramic Vase Maria Likarz Wiener Werkstatte circa 1925 Austrian Art Deco Blue
By Wiener Werkstätte, Maria Likarz
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Ceramic vase designed by Maria Likarz manufactured by Wiener Werkstatte circa 1925 Austrian Art Deco This vase shows a reduced floral design, typical o...
Ceramic, Earthenware