Description
Elephant Trunk table.
W. 65 - H. 87 cm
Wooden structure, brass-plated legs. Wooden top with glazed ceramic elements and brass profiles. Designed by Adolf Loos and Josef Berka.
Selected by Adolf Loos for the studio furniture in Hugo Haberfeld's flat and for the master bedroom furniture in Gustav and Marie Turnovsky's flat.
From the private collection of Amalia Glanzmann and acquired by the present owner for a private collection - Trieste.
Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Austria, c. 1900.
Selected by Adolf Loos for the studio furniture in Hugo Haberfeld's flat and for the master bedroom furniture in Gustav and Marie Turnovsky's flat.
From the private collection of Amalia Glanzmann and acquired by the present owner for a private collection - Trieste.
Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Austria, c. 1900.
Bibliography
Eva B. Otillinger: Adolf Loos. Wohnkonzepte und Möbelentwürfe;
Residenz, Salzburg 1994, S. 46-47, 154; Péter Rostás; Mágnáserendezöje. A Friedrich Otto Schmidt Lakbok
Lakberendezöhaz Története (1858-1918); Geopen , Budapest, 2010, S. 208-211, Abb. 277-78; Christian Witt-Dörring; Individuality as Pro and Con in the Development of Modern design in Vienna around 1900. In: Jill Loyd und Christian Witt-Dörring (eds.); Birth of the Modern. Style and Identity in Vienna 1900; Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2010, S. 73; Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, Matthias Boeckl und Christian Witt-Dörring (eds.); Ways of Modernism. Josef Hoffmann - Adolf Loos and Their Impact; Birkhäuser, Basel 2014, S. 147; Dokumentation: Albertina Wien; Adolf Loos Archiv, Inv.Nr. ALA 2620
Residenz, Salzburg 1994, S. 46-47, 154; Péter Rostás; Mágnáserendezöje. A Friedrich Otto Schmidt Lakbok
Lakberendezöhaz Története (1858-1918); Geopen , Budapest, 2010, S. 208-211, Abb. 277-78; Christian Witt-Dörring; Individuality as Pro and Con in the Development of Modern design in Vienna around 1900. In: Jill Loyd und Christian Witt-Dörring (eds.); Birth of the Modern. Style and Identity in Vienna 1900; Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2010, S. 73; Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, Matthias Boeckl und Christian Witt-Dörring (eds.); Ways of Modernism. Josef Hoffmann - Adolf Loos and Their Impact; Birkhäuser, Basel 2014, S. 147; Dokumentation: Albertina Wien; Adolf Loos Archiv, Inv.Nr. ALA 2620
Live auction 1005
Fine Design
tue 21 January 2025
Milan
SINGLE SESSION 21/01/2025 Hours 16:00