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an old rocking chair with a wooden seat on a white surfacean old rocking chair with a wooden seat on a white surface
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71 - SIEGEL Gustav (1880–1970) & JACOB & JOSEF KOHN VIENNA (Publi…
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Estimate €400 - €600
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SIEGEL Gustav (1880–1970) & JACOB & JOSEF KOHN VIENNA (Published by) Rocking chair, model no. 824, in stained bent beech; backrest fitted with a beech plywood panel featuring an openwork lattice of vertical slats and small squares. Armrests and glides in curved wood, rolled into loops. Seat in moulded beech plywood, held together by a strut (a crack along the edge of the seat, traces of glue beneath the seat and wear to the varnish on the seat). The frame bears the publisher’s brand mark, which is partially legible. Model created circa 1905 H 103 cm – W 54 cm – D 94 cm - History: Gustav Siegel was the first designer employed by Jacob & Josef Kohn, founded in 1868, and the craftsman behind the firm’s Grand Prix at the 1900 Paris World’s Fair. The model still appeared in the 1916 Kohn catalogue. An identical example is held at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Budapest (inv. 82.14.1). - Bibliography: Candilis, Georges; Blomstedt, Aulis; Amorin, Marie-Isabelle; Kramer, Karl, ‘Meubles en bois courbé’. Stuttgart, 1980, pp. 80–81 – Kohn, Jacob & Josef, *Bentwood Furniture*, 1916 catalogue, Munich, 1980, ref. no. 824 –
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About the sale TAKE A SEAT! A selection from the Werner Löffler collection
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Auction time 10/27/2026 at 1:30 PM
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