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Austrian bookcase by J&J Kohn Company #832424

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Austrian bookcase by J&J Kohn Company #832424
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td><em> </em></td></tr><tr> <td width="100%"> Austrian bookcase made from ebonized mahogany wood. Paper label on the back of the bookcase shows the maker as J&J Kohn Company.
The Kohn family firm was founded in 1850. Designs produced between 1899 and 1914 were by such leading figures as Otto Wagner, Josef Hoffmann, Kolornan Moser, and Hans (brother of Otto) Prutscher. In 1907, the Kohn factories employed about 6,000 workers. The firm was awarded a Grand Prix at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. The firm participated in the 1901 Winter Exhibition at the Ã?sterreichisches Museum für Kunst und Industrie in Vienna, the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative Arts in Turin in 1902, and the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition in Saint Louis in 1904. Kohn also showed at exhibitions in Milan, London, and Bucharest in 1906, at the Kunstschau in Vienna in 1908, and in Buenos Aires and Munich in 1910. 67"H 31"W 17.5"D </td></tr><tr> <td> </td></tr><tr> <td>Reference #: 4263</td></tr><tr><td>Condition:excellent</td></tr><tr><td>Year:circa 1900</td></tr><tr><td>Country:Austria</td></tr><tr><td>Maker:J&J Kohn Company</td></tr><tr><td>Height:67</td></tr><tr><td>Depth:17.5</td></tr><tr><td>Width:31</td></tr><tr><td>Title:Austrian bookcase by J&J Kohn Company</td></tr><tr><td>Materials:mahogany</td></tr><tr><td>Location:New York, NY USA</td></tr></table>