Chest for Photographs
<p>This chest for photographs was included in the Vienna Seccession’s installation at the 1902 Exhibition of Art and Industry installation in the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Düsseldorf, Germany. It embodies Josef Hoffmann’s ideas of furniture design prior to his involvement with the founding of the Wiener Werkstätte in 1903. Conceived as a piece of miniature architecture, the chest combines the sinuous curves of turn-of-the-century Art Nouveau with the sturdiness and simplicity of late 19th-century English Arts and Crafts furniture.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1897
- Dimensions
- 55.9 × 52.8 × 37.1 cm (22 × 20 13/16 × 14 5/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
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- 1897
- Dimensions
- 55.9 × 52.8 × 37.1 cm (22 × 20 13/16 × 14 5/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1897-135153
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified