Rare Lyra Iron Armchair by Anna-Lülja Praun & Thomas Lauterbach Sonett

Here is a beautiful and stunning Mid Century Modern armchair or lounge chair with ottoman from solid walnut by Anna Lülja Praun, circa 1952 Austria. This is an exquisite set that can...

Mid Century Modern armchair or lounge chair with ottoman from solid cherrywood by Anna Lülja Praun, circa 1952 Austria. Anna Lülja Praun (1906-2004) created also many furniture designs for the famed Viennese Interior shop "Haus & Garten" founded by Josef Frank and Oskar Wlach, in the early 1950s, since Josef Frank left Vienna. Anna Lülja Praun ( 1906 - 2004 ) was one of the first female pioneers, who studied architecture in Austria in the 1920s. The armchair from solid cherrywood, the surface was carefully cleaned and shellac hand-polished. It shows steel springs and loose renewed cushions covered with lush Josef Frank textile...

Art deco vintage armchair or Windsor chair from beech designed by Anna Lülja Praun circa 1952. The beech stained similar to cherry in a honey brown wo...

His set of four dining room chairs were designed by the Viennese architect Anna-Lülja Praun in 1953 and manufactured by Wiesner-Hager. The chair frame is made of beech and the uphols...

A set of four dining room or side chairs designed by Anna-Luelja Praun (1906-2004), Vienna, Austria, manufactured in midcentury, circa 1950. The seats and backs are covered with cane or wicker. The cane of two chairs has been restored. On one chair five of the cane straps have been replaced with new ones and on the other one seven. The new cane is currently brighter than the original old one but it will age gradually and become darker. The wooden parts have been restored. The chairs are in good condition and ready to use. Lit: Eva B. Ottilinger, Möbeldesign der 50er Jahre, p. 136 About Anna-Lülja Praun: Anna-Lülja Praun was born in Sankt Petersburg, Russia, in 6/29/1906 and lived in Vienna until 9/28/2004. She was an important Austrian designer and architect and she was one of the first females who studied architecture in Austria. In 1947 she worked on the restoration of the palace Belvedere which was heavily damaged in the second world war. In 1952 she opened her own studio in Vienna. She designed houses, interiors, furniture, shops, light fixtures and pottery (together with Gudrun Baudisch). From 1953-1959 she also worked for the furniture shop "Haus und Garten" which was established by Josef Frank in 1925. In 1959 she designed a bench "Bank zum Ausruhen" for the conductor Herbert von Karajan.

Rare pair of chairs designed by Anna Lülja Praun, together with Margarete Schütte Lihotzky the most important female Austrian Post War Architects. Influe...