1140161

Viennese Caffee Chairs by J&J Kohn Company #1140161

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Viennese  Caffee Chairs by J&J Kohn Company #1140161
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Set of 4 bentwood caffee chairs by J&J Kohn Company. The paper label is not in very good condition, but the stamped signature is clear in all 4. The caning is replaced. The round seats are 18" diameter, it is 18" high from the floor. Jacob & Josef Kohn company: The Kohn family firm was founded in 1850, probably in Wsetin, Moravia, as a producer of lumber. Jacob Kohn went into partnership with his son Josef (1814-1884). The fame of the Jacob & Josef Kohn company derives from this association with architects and designers from the turn of the century onward. The firm's proprietor appointed Gustav Siegel, a pupil of Josef Hoffmann at the Wiener Kunstgewerbeschule (Vienna School of Applied Arts), as head of the firm's design department. Siegel was probably responsible for a majority of the designs produced between 1899 and 1914. During this period Siegel supervised the production of furniture 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 and were producing about 7,000 pieces of furniture daily. The firm was awarded a Grand Prix at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. The firm participated in the 1901 Winter Exhibition at the Österreichisches 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, ...
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<tr><td>Condition:excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:circa 1870</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:Austria</td></tr>





<tr><td>Title:Viennese Caffee Chairs by J&J Kohn Company</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:New York, NY USA</td></tr>
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