- Product:
- Pair of ´Die Zeit´ chairs
- Manufacturer:
- Phillips
- Architonic ID:
- 4102813
- Country:
- United States
- Category:
- Furnishings
- Address
- Telephone
- Website
Key facts
Product description
ORIGINALLY DESIGNED FOR THE TELEGRAPH OFFICE OF DIE ZEIT, VIENNA
THESE CHAIRS AND THE MATCHING CANAPÉ ARE FROM A DESIGN OF 1902. IN THAT YEAR WAGNER DESIGNED AND FURNISHED THE TELEGRAPH OFFICE OF THE NEWSPAPER DIE ZEIT. THIS COMMISSION WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT INSTANCES OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE LOCAL FURNITURE INDUSTRY AND AN ARCHITECT OF THE SECESSION. WAGNER'S DESIGNS, WITH THEIR DISTINCTIVE METAL TRIM AND THE SQUARE RATHER THAN CIRCULAR SECTION STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS, INTRODUCED A DRAMATIC NEW PHASE IN THE STORY OF AVANT-GARDE FURNITURE IN AUSTRIA. THE DESIGNS CONCEIVED FOR DIE ZEIT WERE PUT INTO LIMITED COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION BY J. & J. KOHN. THIS FIRM WAS THONET'S PRINCIPAL RIVAL. TWENTY YEARS LATER KOHN WAS TO AMALGAMATE WITH THONET AND CEASE TRADING UNDER ITS OWN NAME.
STAINED BENT BEECH, LEATHER, BRASS
301/2 IN. (77.5 CM) HIGH; 271/2 IN. (70 CM) HIGH
ILLUSTRATED:
DEREK E. OSTERGARD, ED., BENT WOOD AND METAL FURNITURE 1850-1946, NEW YORK, 1987, P. 114, FIGS. 4-43 AND 4-46
LITERATURE:
PAUL ASENBAUM, PETER HAIKO, HERBERT LACHMAYER, RAINER ZETTL, OTTO WAGNER: MOEBEL UND INNENRAUME, SALZBURG, VIENNA, 1984, PP. 85-89
DEREK E. OSTERGARD, ED., BENT WOOD AND METAL FURNITURE: 1850-1946, NEW YORK, 1987, PP. 114-115
ALEXANDER VON VEGESACK, THONET CLASSIC FURNITURE IN BENT WOOD AND TUBULAR STEEL, NEW YORK, 1997, PP. 87-90
PETER AND CHARLOTTE FIELL, 1000 CHAIRS, COLOGNE, 2000, P. 114
THESE CHAIRS AND THE MATCHING CANAPÉ ARE FROM A DESIGN OF 1902. IN THAT YEAR WAGNER DESIGNED AND FURNISHED THE TELEGRAPH OFFICE OF THE NEWSPAPER DIE ZEIT. THIS COMMISSION WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT INSTANCES OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE LOCAL FURNITURE INDUSTRY AND AN ARCHITECT OF THE SECESSION. WAGNER'S DESIGNS, WITH THEIR DISTINCTIVE METAL TRIM AND THE SQUARE RATHER THAN CIRCULAR SECTION STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS, INTRODUCED A DRAMATIC NEW PHASE IN THE STORY OF AVANT-GARDE FURNITURE IN AUSTRIA. THE DESIGNS CONCEIVED FOR DIE ZEIT WERE PUT INTO LIMITED COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION BY J. & J. KOHN. THIS FIRM WAS THONET'S PRINCIPAL RIVAL. TWENTY YEARS LATER KOHN WAS TO AMALGAMATE WITH THONET AND CEASE TRADING UNDER ITS OWN NAME.
STAINED BENT BEECH, LEATHER, BRASS
301/2 IN. (77.5 CM) HIGH; 271/2 IN. (70 CM) HIGH
ILLUSTRATED:
DEREK E. OSTERGARD, ED., BENT WOOD AND METAL FURNITURE 1850-1946, NEW YORK, 1987, P. 114, FIGS. 4-43 AND 4-46
LITERATURE:
PAUL ASENBAUM, PETER HAIKO, HERBERT LACHMAYER, RAINER ZETTL, OTTO WAGNER: MOEBEL UND INNENRAUME, SALZBURG, VIENNA, 1984, PP. 85-89
DEREK E. OSTERGARD, ED., BENT WOOD AND METAL FURNITURE: 1850-1946, NEW YORK, 1987, PP. 114-115
ALEXANDER VON VEGESACK, THONET CLASSIC FURNITURE IN BENT WOOD AND TUBULAR STEEL, NEW YORK, 1997, PP. 87-90
PETER AND CHARLOTTE FIELL, 1000 CHAIRS, COLOGNE, 2000, P. 114