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Armchair. Model in Use at the Villa Friedmann, Vienna, 1898/99

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Wood, brass buttons; backrest and seat with original leather cover
89.6×57.6×57.1 cm

Artists

  • Joseph Maria Olbrich

    (Opava 1867–1908 Düsseldorf)

Currently on display at OG4
The restructuring and interior decoration of the Villa Friedmann in Hinterbrühl was the first major private commission undertaken by the young architect Joseph Maria Olbrich (1867–1908). The industrialist Friedmann tasked Olbrich with the artistic realignment of his villa, which had been in the process of being built from April 1898 based on designs by Ludwig Schöne (1845–1935). Olbrich got involved with the villa’s exterior by simplifying the facades and dispensing with parts of the late-Historicist decorations. The design of the villa’s interior decoration, which has been handed down in historical photographs, was created entirely by him. The furnishings included this armchair which was used in the Villa Friedmann’s children’s and guest room. The style of the villa’s furniture was considered defining in Vienna. As work on the building was completed in April 1899, it is possible to date this design to the autumn/winter of 1898/99.

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Object data

Artist/author
  • Joseph Maria Olbrich
Title
Armchair. Model in Use at the Villa Friedmann, Vienna
Date
1898/99
Category
Furniture
Material​/technique
Wood, brass buttons; backrest and seat with original leather cover
Dimensions
89.6×57.6×57.1 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 6068
Inventory access
Accession 2017
Selection of Reference works
  • Wien 1900. Aufbruch in die Moderne, hrsg. von Hans-Peter Wipplinger, Wien 2019 (Ausst.-Kat. Leopold Museum, Wien, ab 15.03.2019).
Keywords
interiordesign/arts and craftarmchair/seatfurniture/household effectshousing

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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i

Max Friedmann, Hinterbrühl, NÖ (1899-1919); (1)
Auktion: 11.05.2017, Dorotheum Wien, Jugendstil und angewandte Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Los Nr. 172; (2)
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (seit 2017).

  1. Marie Theres Arnbom, Friedmann, Gutmann, Lieben, Mandl und Strakosch. Fünf Familienporträts aus Wien vor 1938, Wien 2002, S. 160
  2. Dorotheum Wien, Katalog zur Auktion Jugendstil und angewandte Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Los Nr. 172; Rechnung Nr. A-240910 vom 17.05.2017.

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