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Theophil Hansen

Copenhagen 1813 – 1891 Vienna

Chair from Schloss Hernstein in Lower Austria. Circa 1870

Beech, heavy, carved, black painted, gilt - Court Master Carpenter Heinrich Dübell (1812–1886), Vienna / original fabric cover with red repp with silver threads. 88,5 x 48 x 55 cm (34 ⅞ x 18 ⅞ x 21 ⅝ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Theophil Hansen. Chair from Schloss Hernstein in Lower Austria. Circa 1870.

Estimate:

EUR 10,000

 

- 15,000

USD 13,700

 

- 20,500

Sold for:

13,750 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 222-228

ORANGERIE, Thursday, 29.05.2014

Information

Beech, heavy, carved, black painted, gilt - Court Master Carpenter Heinrich Dübell (1812–1886), Vienna / original fabric cover with red repp with silver threads. 88,5 x 48 x 55 cm (34 ⅞ x 18 ⅞ x 21 ⅝ in.). Label: K.U.K. VILLA-INSPECTION ISCHL. Tarnishing to the silver threads.

Related literature: Eva Ottlinger and Lieselotte Hanzl: Kaiserliche Interieurs. Die Wohnkultur des Wiener Hofes im 19. Jahrhundert und die Wiener Kunstgewerbereform, Vienna, Cologne and Weimar, 1997

Comparable pieces: 20 copies in Schloss Hernstein / 1 copy Vienna-Museum / 1 copy in the Court Furniture Collection at the Möbel Museum Vienna.

Circa 1870 commissioned by Archduke Leopold Ludwig of Austria (1823–1898) / presumably via his heirs to Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria (1866–1939) in the imperial villa in Bad Ischl / after 1945 art trade, Eisenstadt / 1990 private collection, Vienna

Eva-Maria Orosz: Sitzgelegenheiten des Architekten Theophil Hansen. Die stilistische Ableitung und Einordnung in das Wiener Möbel, Vienna 2000

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