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an image of a wooden chair with a black seat on a white backgroundan image of a wooden chair with a black seat on a white background
Crait + Müller

116 - FRANK Josef (1885–1967)
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Estimate €300 - €500
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Description
FRANK Josef (1885–1967) ‘A 945/2F’ model Windsor armchair in stained beech, with a curved wooden arched backrest featuring openwork slats, and armrests with flat cuffs, scalloped at the ends and 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 Height 94.5 cm – Width 56.5 cm – Depth 50.5 cm - History: The design 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 flat he designed for the City of Vienna’s housing scheme. - Bibliography: Ch. Witt-Dörring, *Neues Wohnen. Wiener Innenraumgestaltung 1918–1938*, Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna 1980, listed on pp. 46 and 47, fig. 42, p. 65, cat. 5 – *Haus & Garten Frank & Wlach*, Graz 2008, reprinted on p. 114.
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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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