Carl Auböck Model #4363 Walnut Board
About the Item
- Creator:Werkstätte Carl Auböck (Designer, Maker)
- Dimensions:Height: 8.75 in (22.23 cm)Width: 1.25 in (3.18 cm)Depth: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:Contemporary
- Production Type:New & Custom(Current Production)
- Estimated Production Time:Available Now
- Condition:
- Seller Location:Glendale, CA
- Reference Number:
Werkstätte Carl Auböck
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.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Glendale, CA
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 1 day of delivery.
- Carl Auböck Walnut Board and Cheese KnifeBy Werkstätte Carl AuböckLocated in Glendale, CACarl Auböck walnut board and cheese knife. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural set includes one model #4363 serving or cutting b...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Platters and S...
MaterialsSteel
- Carl Auböck Model #3431 'Knopferl' Brass TrayBy Werkstätte Carl AuböckLocated in Glendale, CACarl Auböck model #3431 'Knopferl' brass tray. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural Viennese tray is executed in patinated and p...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Platters and S...
MaterialsBrass
- Carl Auböck Model #4828 Cane and Steel KnifeBy Werkstätte Carl AuböckLocated in Glendale, CACarl Auböck Model #4828 cane and steel knife. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural knife is executed in polished steel and handwoven cane. Price is per item...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Platters and S...
MaterialsSteel
- Carl Auböck Model #4230 'Skull' Polished Brass CorkscrewBy Werkstätte Carl AuböckLocated in Glendale, CACarl Auböck Model #4230 'Skull' Polished Brass Corkscrew. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural Viennese corkscrew is executed ...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Barware
MaterialsBrass
- Carl Auböck Model #4224 'Hand' Brass Bottle OpenerBy Werkstätte Carl AuböckLocated in Glendale, CACarl Auböck Model #4224 'Hand' brass bottle opener. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural bottle opener is executed in polished brass. Price is per item. Th...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Barware
MaterialsBrass
- Carl Auböck Model #3511 Walnut TableBy Werkstätte Carl Auböck, George NakashimaLocated in Glendale, CACarl Auböck Model #3511 walnut table. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural table is executed in beautifully grained walnut. Reminiscent of the organic moder...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
MaterialsWalnut
- Carl Auböck #7226-2 Fruit Sieve, Austria 2022By Werkstätte Carl AuböckLocated in Berlin, DECarl Auböck #7226-2 Fruit Sieve in patinated brass, Austria 2022.Category
2010s Austrian Barware
MaterialsBrass
- Carl Auböck #4280 Oval Cup, Austria, 2022By Werkstätte Carl AuböckLocated in Berlin, DECarl Auböck #4280 oval cup, Austria, 2022.Category
2010s Austrian Barware
MaterialsBrass
- Carl Auböck #7252-1 Fruit Sieve, Austria 2022By Werkstätte Carl AuböckLocated in Berlin, DECarl Auböck #7252-1 Fruit Sieve, Austria 2022.Category
2010s Austrian Barware
MaterialsBrass
- Carl Auböck #7252-3 Fruit Sieve in Patinated Brass, Austria 2022By Werkstätte Carl AuböckLocated in Berlin, DECarl Auböck #7252-3 Fruit Sieve in patinated brass, Austria 2022.Category
2010s Austrian Barware
MaterialsBrass
- Carl Aubock Triangular Walnut Cutting Board with Wickerwork Handle Knife, 1950sBy Werkstätte Carl AuböckLocated in Vienna, ATA beautiful triangular cutting board and knife, designed and executed in the 1950s by Carl Aubock. Made of walnut and leather. The knife is manufactured by Amboss Austria and fully m...Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
MaterialsSteel
- Carl Auböck Cutting Board, Austria 1960sBy Werkstätte Carl AuböckLocated in Berlin, DECarl Auböck Cutting Board, Austria 1960sCategory
Vintage 1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Platters and Serveware
MaterialsWood