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Large Glass Cabinet, n. d.

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Silver oak, glass
224×190 cm

Artists

  • Josef Hoffmann

    (Pirnitz 1870–1956 Vienna)

  • Wiener Werkstätte
Currently on display at OG4
In his treatise on Einfache Möbel [Simple Furniture], published 1901, Josef Hoffmann (1870–1956) set out his view that a house’s exterior should already be an indicator of its interior. This present object is a good example of this cross-disciplinary design approach: Structured into two transomed glass doors, the closet front is flanked by fluted pilasters that remind of façade designs of several important buildings by Hoffmann, for example in the Skywa-Primavesi House in the Hietzing district of Vienna, completed 1915. Pilasters are the only decorative elements of this piece of furniture which is entirely intended for a generous display of objects of virtu.

Object data

Artist/author
  • Josef Hoffmann
  • Execution: Wiener Werkstätte
Title
Large Glass Cabinet
Date
n. d.
Art movement
Wiener Werkstätte
Category
Furniture
Material​/technique
Silver oak, glass
Dimensions
224×190 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 4611
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

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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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