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Jardinière, 1908

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Alpacca silver-plated
10.8×23×12.7 cm

Artists

  • Josef Hoffmann

    (Pirnitz 1870–1956 Vienna)

  • Wiener Werkstätte
Currently on display at OG4
This jardinière, or flower trough, was designed by the architect and designer Josef Hoffmann (1870–1956) in 1908. The object is characterized by a subtle interplay of basic geometrical forms, which are typical for the early years of the Wiener Werkstätte, founded in 1903. The actual flower container is made up of an elliptical cylinder, resting on four cylindrical feet. The handles on the side, by contrast, are shaped as concave quadrants of a sphere. The execution, using silver-plated alpacca, was carried out by the Wiener Werkstätte.

MR, 2023

Object data

Artist/author
  • Design: Josef Hoffmann
  • Execution: Wiener Werkstätte
Title
Jardinière
Date
1908
Art movement
Wiener Werkstätte
Category
Arts and crafts
Material​/technique
Alpacca silver-plated
Dimensions
10.8×23×12.7 cm
Signature
Punchmarked on the bottom, monogrammed: JH WIENER WERK STAETTE, registrierte Schutzmarke der Wiener Werkstätte, (no.) 2
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 4525
Inventory access
Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994
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
design/arts and craftcontainer of metal: bucket/canister/tinornament (round and curved forms)

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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i
Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Wien (o.D.);
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (seit 1994).

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design/arts and craftcontainer of metal: bucket/canister/tinornament (round and curved forms)