Antique Armchair from Jacob & Josef Kohn, 1910

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This armchair, manufactured until 1915, is documented as early as 1910; it is a true exercise in "styles."

Kohn combined … Read more This armchair, manufactured until 1915, is documented as early as 1910; it is a true exercise in "styles."

Kohn combined elements fashionable during the Vienna Secession on this armchair:

- A patterned seat created by Kohn, No. XXI (1902)

- The seat itself is saddle-shaped.

- The front legs are those of the Thonet chair No. 519, known as the "Café Capua," a work by Adolf Loos (1913).

- Brackets supporting the rear legs, typical of Joseph Hoffmann's work, with three-bolt through-bolts. This piece has an attribution mark,
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