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PROPERTY FROM A MARBLEHEAD, MASSACHUSETTS COLLECTION

PAIR OF CHAIRS, MODEL NO. 330

measurements note
37 1/2 in. (95.3 cm) high

manufactured by J. & J. Kohn, Vienna

ca. 1902

both chairs with firm's brand

stained beech, brass and original leather upholstery

PROVENANCE

Barry Friedman, Ltd., New York
Sotheby's New York, November 19, 1992, lot 30

LITERATURE

Charles Holme, "The Art Revival in Austria," The Studio Special Number, London, 1906, pl. C14
Jacob & Josef Kohn: Bent-Wood Furniture, cat., 1916, reprinted Munich, 1980, p. 53
Dorothee Müller, Klassiker des Modernen Möbeldesign, Munich, 1980, pp. 72 and 73
Derek Ostergard, Bentwood and Metal Furniture: 1850-1946, New York, 1987, pp. 102, 111 and 240
Gabriele Fahr-Becker, Wiener Werkstätte: 1903-1932, Cologne, 2003, p. 40

NOTE

This model was shown in a dining room that formed part of the 1906 Christmas exhibition at the Austrian Museum of Art and Industry in Vienna. It also appeared on the cover of a 1909 Jacob & Josef Kohn catalogue. The upholstery of the chair and the metal sabots indicate that it was not intended for the general market, but was part of a higher priced line of furnishings directed towards private offices and domestic interiors.