Art Deco Fireplace Armchair by Josef Frank for Thonet, Vienna, Austria, 1930s

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Object: armchair / fireplace chair (1 copy available)
design: josef frank (vienna around 1930)
model number: a 752
execution: thonet … Read more Object: armchair / fireplace chair (1 copy available)
design: josef frank (vienna around 1930)
model number: a 752
execution: thonet (vienna around 1935)
dimensions in cm (h x w x d x sh): 74 x 62 x 57 x 39
material: bentwood, (viennese braid, brass in the other examples),
color: farrow & ball: blue gray / modern eggshell
condition: professionally restored
provenance: lower austria private property

literature: die form - magazine for creative work, issue 1, 1932, p. 218 / werkbundsiedlung vienna, vienna museum, nierhaus et al. / thonet catalog amsterdam, 1935, p. 14 / gebrüder thonet - technical manual for furniture components, foot connections 1909, p. 9 / gebrüder thonet - technical manual for furniture specifications, front feet 1909, p. 14 / werkbundsiedlung vienna, 1932, a manifesto of living, pp. 232-235

additional information:
foot connection model no. 61
forefoot model no. 14
forefoot model no. 14

the fireplace chair (model a 752) designed by josef frank became part of the interior design of walter loos' house number 20 in the werkbundsiedlung (woinovichgasse 24-26) and house number 67 by architect gabriel guévrékian (paris), furnished by rudolf baumfeld. this piece has an attribution mark,
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