A Viennese Dining Room

[Pierre Tavlitzki]

Designed by Josef Hoffmann and manufactured by Portois and Fix in 1901/1902, the dining room that Dorotheum will sell in Vienna on May 14 is typical of the art of this city at that time. It consists of an extensible table, six armchairs, a wall panel fitted with drawers, two small cabinets, two display cabinets and a wardrobe.

With this clear furniture in pitch pine, of simple geometric shapes, we enter straight into the twentieth century. Josef Hoffmann was one of the creators of the artistic movement of the Viennese Secession, which sought to promote the applied arts. So departing from the Art Nouveau style, Hoffmann had a great influence on the Art Déco.

Note his young age at the time of the creation of this dining room: he was barely more than thirty years old.

This set is sold in a single lot, estimated 250 K €.

[Pierre Tavlitzki]

Unsold, this set of Viennese furniture presented in Vienna ... The historical importance of this simple and practical style of furniture has not been sufficient to justify the price.