Settee, Model No. 728/C | Wright

Estimated value: 2500-3500 US$

Reached Price : 2600 US$

Auction:
Modernists

Sales date: 2003-09-14

Location:
Chicago

Lot number: 331

Design

Josef Hoffmann
Manufacturer Thonet

Architonic id

4102320

Bent beechwood, upholstery
50.75"w x 19"d x 29.5"h
This example, a variant of the settee Model No. 728/C, utilizes a circular motif as opposed to the diamond motif more commonly seen. The Weiner Werkstatte upholstery incorporates the circular theme at play in the bent wood frame.
Literature: Bent Wood and Metal Furniture: 1850-1946, Ostergard, pg. 259 for similar example and discussion of variations