Key facts

Product:
Armchair
Manufacturer:
Dorotheum
Architonic ID:
4102073
Launched:
1910
Country:
Austria
Category:
Furnishings

Product description

An armchair, designed by Adolf Lorenz, 1910,
brown stained beechwood, polished, the backrest with bent slats, swivelling mechanism, plywood seat, height 90 cm, width 58 cm, depth 53 cm, height of seat 43 cm. The backrest adapted to the form of the human back makes this chair an early example of an ergonomic chair.
Lit. Compare: J. Hoffmann und sein Kreis, Möbel 1900–1930, catalogue, Galerie Alt Wien and Galerie Richter, Munich 1981, cat. nos. 59 and 60.