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Viennese Neues Wohnen Sideboard with Marquetry Landscape, c. 1926
$8,180
£6,154.69
€7,108.80
CA$11,560.47
A$12,544.88
CHF 6,647.68
MX$153,856.82
NOK 82,264.56
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Viennese Neues Wohnen Sideboard with Marquetry Landscape, c. 1926
This rare walnut-veneered sideboard, attributed to Rudolf Lorenz’s firm Kunst und Wohnung, is an evocative example of Viennese applied arts during the interwar period. Created around 1926, the piece reflects the artisanal richness of earlier Secessionist traditions as well as the shifting sensibilities of the Neues Wohnen movement, which favored layered, lived-in interiors over rigid aesthetic unity.
This sideboard is distinguished by its bold, symbolic marquetry: two doors depicting stylized landscapes with trees, birds, and water, crafted from Hungarian ash and other carefully selected veneers. The ash grain, for instance, poetically represents the rippling surface of a pond. Though not intricately detailed, the intarsia work is striking in its composition and tonal contrast, fusing craft precision with pictorial clarity.
Lorenz founded the company with his wife, Malvine, in 1919. It was later known as Kunst und Wohnung, R. Lorenz GesmbH. The company operated in Vienna's Josefstadt district. The company was part of a larger design culture shaped by architects such as Oskar Strnad and Josef Frank, who questioned the ideal of the Gesamtkunstwerk. As Christopher Long notes in Josef Frank: Life and Work, Frank and his contemporaries sought a more open, flexible interior language—"a resonant harmony" of disparate elements, as Paul Wlach described it.
This sideboard embodies that ethos. It invites use and reinterpretation; its decorative program is both modern and historic. This is likely why it originated in Vienna's XIII District (Hietzing), a hub of cultural sophistication and domestic experimentation during the 1920s. A rare, sculptural artifact, it speaks to the transitional moment in Austrian design when ornament became symbolic and interiors began to reflect their owners' personalities.
Published in: Markus Winter & Don Freeman, Berlin Deko - Central European Furniture from 1910 to 1930, Stuttgart, 2025, p. 85.
- Attributed to:Rudolf Lorenz Gmbh Vienna (Cabinetmaker)
- Dimensions:Height: 48 in (121.92 cm)Width: 86.5 in (219.71 cm)Depth: 25.5 in (64.77 cm)
- Style:Modern (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1926
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. Minor fading. Some veneer chipping,.
- Seller Location:Petershagen, DE
- Reference Number:Seller: 3711stDibs: LU10332246038642
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