Product sheet Dressing table
Designer:
Koloman Moser
Manufacturer:
Wiener Werkstätte
Year: 1904
Koloman Moser
Manufacturer:
Wiener Werkstätte
Year: 1904
Dressing table from the Stonborough-Wittgenstein Apartment, Berlin
The Wittgestein family were valued, longstanding patrons of Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser and, later, the Wiener Werkstatte. After the Wiener Werkstatte first exhibited at the Hohensollern Kunstgeweberhaus in Berlin in October 1904, with its stark, predominantly white "modernity," it represented perhaps the peak of the collaborative achievement between Hoffmann and Moser. This resulted in the commission of the apartment of newlyweds Margaret Wittgestein and Dr. Jerome Stonborough. A clear example of her patronage, style and societal standing is the portrait of Margaret painted by Klimt in 1905.
White-painted beech
72 1/4 x 23 1/4 x 19 1/4 in.
(183.5 x 59 x 49 cm)
Provenance:
Margaret Stonborough-Wittgestein
Thence by descent until late 1980s
Christie's, London, May 5, 1995, lot 81
Illustrated:
The Art Revival in Austria, THE STUDIO, special issue, London, 1906, fig. C 34
Literature:
DEUTSCHE KUNST UND DEKORATION, Vol. XVIII, 1905-1906, p. 149
The Wittgestein family were valued, longstanding patrons of Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser and, later, the Wiener Werkstatte. After the Wiener Werkstatte first exhibited at the Hohensollern Kunstgeweberhaus in Berlin in October 1904, with its stark, predominantly white "modernity," it represented perhaps the peak of the collaborative achievement between Hoffmann and Moser. This resulted in the commission of the apartment of newlyweds Margaret Wittgestein and Dr. Jerome Stonborough. A clear example of her patronage, style and societal standing is the portrait of Margaret painted by Klimt in 1905.
White-painted beech
72 1/4 x 23 1/4 x 19 1/4 in.
(183.5 x 59 x 49 cm)
Provenance:
Margaret Stonborough-Wittgestein
Thence by descent until late 1980s
Christie's, London, May 5, 1995, lot 81
Illustrated:
The Art Revival in Austria, THE STUDIO, special issue, London, 1906, fig. C 34
Literature:
DEUTSCHE KUNST UND DEKORATION, Vol. XVIII, 1905-1906, p. 149
estimated value:
10.000-15.000 US$
Auction:
19-20th Century Design Art
Sales date: 2002-12-11
location: New York
Lot number: 104
10.000-15.000 US$
Auction:
19-20th Century Design Art
Sales date: 2002-12-11
location: New York
Lot number: 104
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