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Armchair

Designer Koloman Moser Austrian
Designer Josef Hoffmann Austrian
1903
Not on view
Koloman Moser and Josef Hoffmann founded the Wiener Werkstätte in 1903 to produce well-designed, often handmade products for everyday use. This early chair reads as a manifesto for the Viennese workshop. The reduction of form to the pure geometries of the cube, square, and triangle gestures toward simplifying production while allowing for visual interest in the workmanship of the caning and the patterning between black and white, solid and void. This approach impacted Sottsass, who engaged similar strategies.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Armchair
  • Designer: Koloman Moser (Austrian, Vienna 1868–1918 Vienna)
  • Designer: Josef Hoffmann (Austrian, Pirnitz 1870–1956 Vienna)
  • Date: 1903
  • Medium: Wood, cane
  • Dimensions: 28 1/2 in. × 24 in. × 25 1/2 in. (72.4 × 61 × 64.8 cm)
  • Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Lita Annenberg Hazen Charitable Trust Gift, 1986
  • Object Number: 1986.146
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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