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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)