Secessionistic Model 988 Nesting Tables by Prof. Josef Hoffmann for Jacob & Josef Kohn, Vienna, Austria, 1906, Set of 4

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Item: nesting table set (4 pieces)
design: prof. Josef hoffmann (vienna, ca. 1905)
model number: 988
manufacturer: jacob & josef … Read more Item: nesting table set (4 pieces)
design: prof. Josef hoffmann (vienna, ca. 1905)
model number: 988
manufacturer: jacob & josef kohn (vienna, ca. 1906)
dimensions in cm (h x w x d): 75 × 68 × 47 (largest table)
material: beech (bentwood & plywood) – stained rosewood & hand-polished with shellac
condition: expertly restored
provenance: private collection, budapest
bibliography: *das interieur*, ix, 1908, p. 28 / *il mobile moderno*, thonet brothers vienna, jacob & josef kohn, giovanni renzi, 2008, pp. 180–181 / *josef hoffmann and his circle—furniture 1900–1930*, galerie alt wien, munich, p. 25 / *bentwood—constructive designs vienna 1840–1910*, p. 80 / jacob & josef kohn, catalog 1907 / del danubi al túria, memòria del moble corbat valencià (1880–1936), p. 67

additional information:
this four-piece secessionist nesting table set, whose austere design was created by prof. Josef hoffmann in 1905, was first published in the 1906 product catalog of the renowned bentwood furniture firm jacob & josef kohn. A company label is present on the underside of the smallest table.

particularly striking evidence of the international acclaim for this model can be found in the vestibule of the casa pladellorens on passeig de gràcia in barcelona, where the nesting table was part of a prestigious modernist interior around 1910. Its use in one of barcelona’s most elegant residences illustrates that kohn’s furniture was appreciated far beyond the borders of the austro-hungarian empire and was among the furnishings of the most exclusive interiors of its time. This piece has an attribution mark,
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