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Josef Hoffmann & Oswald Haerdtl, Side Chairs, circa 1928
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Bent plywood side chairs designed by Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956) and Oswald Haerdtl (1899-1959) used in the cafe terrace at the Vienna Werkbund Exhibition of 1930. Josef Hoffmann was a founding member of the Vienna Secessionist movement along with Gustav Klimt, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Koloman Moser and others. In 1903, Josef Hoffmann founded the highly influential Wiener Werkstätte along with Koloman Moser. The Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshop) was a “productive cooperative of artisans” aimed to revive quality craftsmanship and public interest in design. The Community included artists, architects and designers who worked in many areas including silver, ceramics, fashion, graphic arts, and furniture. The movement would prove to be a pioneering force in modern design, influencing the styles of Bauhaus and Art Deco. Oswald Haerdtl began his career working as Hoffmann’s assistant, later becoming his studio director and then his partner after studying under Koloman Moser and Josef Frank in Vienna. Hoffmann and Haerdtl worked on several projects collaboratively, such as these chairs that employ continuous pieces of bent plywood for the rear legs, stiles, and crest rail. This set of chairs was produced by Thonet. The wood surface of these chairs has been restored without loss of character. Priced individually. 4 chairs available.
Details
- CreatorJosef Hoffmann (Designer),Oswald Haerdtl (Designer)
- DimensionsHeight: 29.5 in. (74.93 cm)Width: 17.75 in. (45.09 cm)Depth: 18 in. (45.72 cm)Seat Height: 16 in. (40.64 cm)
- StyleVienna Secession (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques
- Place of Origin
- Period
- Date of Manufacturecirca 1928
- ConditionRefinished. Wear consistent with age and use. Each chair has been expertly restored without loss of character. All structurally sound.
- Seller LocationLos Angeles, CA
- Reference Number1stDibs: LU3832320155812
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About the Designer
Josef Hoffmann
The Austrian architect Josef Hoffmann was a central figure in the evolution of modern design, and a leader in an aesthetic movement born in Europe in the late 19th century that rejected florid, extravagant ornamentation in favor of a new emphasis on simplicity of line. As a founder of the turn-of-the-century Wiener Werkstätte (in English: the Viennese Workshops), a design cooperative that produced superbly crafted furniture and housewares, Hoffmann was a pioneering practitioner of what would become a fundamental principle of modernism: that good design is a way of life.Hoffmann came of age amidst a shift in the culture of the applied arts, as a conservative order that looked only to the past for inspiration was pushed aside. But what, exactly, would replace that order was in question — and Hoffmann’s career embodies the developing patterns of design’s new spirit. His architectural work reflects his time as a student of the Vienna architect Otto Wagner, who disdained excessive decoration and employed new materials such as steel girders and reinforced concrete to create buildings with airy, open interiors full of light. As a designer of furniture and interiors, Hoffmann was consistently open-minded about the aesthetics he explored. He was an early adherent of the flowing, organic forms of the Art Nouveau design movement that began to flourish in the late 1880s — but by the opening of the Wiener Werkstätte in 1903, Hoffmann’s designs embraced the beauty of geometry in pieces that feature grids and angular forms.Hoffmann’s greatest works reflect his ability to combine seemingly conflicting design visions into coherent wholes. His architectural masterpiece, the Stoclet Palace in Brussels, has an exterior that groups together simple geometric forms and spacious interiors marked by subtly naturalistic design details that lend rooms an air of charm and geniality. Hoffmann’s signature furniture design is an adjustable lounge chair — the Sitzmaschine (1905) — that marries a curving frame with square and rectangular back- and side rests. This piece, like so many others by Hoffmann, reflects a groundbreaking, forward-thinking appreciation for the union of different looks and sources that marks the best of interior design in our own day. Moreover, items offered on these pages — which range from enameled silver jewelry, to a silver flower vase basket, to lighting pendants and sconces — testify to the astonishing breadth of Hoffman’s creative pursuits. He was truly a giant of design.
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