Estimated value: 7000-9000 US$
Auction:
20th Century Decorative Arts and Design
Sales date: 2004-03-11
Location:
New York
Lot number: 153
Design
Joseph M. Olbrich
Architonic id
4103802
The armchair and sofa were originally designed in 1905 for the music salon of the Mathildenhöhe Künstlerkolonie, Darmstadt.
Inlaid and ebonized maple and burled wood.
35 1/4 x 59 x 28 1/4 in. (89.5 x 149.9 x 71.8 cm)
Lit:
Bernd Krimmel, Joseph M. Olbrich, 1867-1908, exh. cat., Darmstadt, 1983, pp. 306-309 (for pieces from the same series)
Museum Künsterkolonie Darmstadt, exh. cat., Darmstadt, 1989, pp. 194-195 (for pieces from the same series)