FRANK, Josef (1885–1967) - Lot 116

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FRANK, Josef (1885–1967) - Lot 116
FRANK, Josef (1885–1967) Windsor armchair, model “A 945/2F,” in stained beech; curved wooden backrest with openwork slats; armrests with flat cuffs and scalloped ends, supported by balusters. Solid wood seat. Flared turned base, joined by an “H”-shaped crossbar (with a recess on one armrest). Paper label torn off beneath the seat. Circa 1927–1930 H 94.5 cm – W 56.5 cm – D 50.5 cm - History: The model was produced by Thonet-Mundus and by Jacob Josef Kohn. Josef Frank used it in several Viennese establishments and presented it in 1927 at the “Wien und die Wiener” exhibition at the Messepalast in Vienna, in the model apartment he designed for City of Vienna housing. - Bibliography: Ch. Witt-Dörring, *Neues Wohnen. Wiener Innenraumgestaltung 1918–1938*, Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna 1980, listed on pp. 46 and 47, ill. 42, p. 65, cat. 5 - Haus Garten Frank Wlach, Graz 2008, reprinted on p. 114.
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