Spring Exceptionelle
Lot 298:
Description
Keywords: Vienna Secession Movement, Wiener Werkstätte Style, Early Modernism, Art Nouveau Transition, Architectural Minimalism, Early 20th Century, Solid Hardwood Frame, Decorative Folding Partition, Collectible Interior Divider
Summary:
Koloman Moser for Ludwig Schmidt with Josef Hoffmann, Vienna Secession, three-panel floor screen, circa 1915.
Inset painted panels of female beauties on silk above Secessionist; original Secessionist appliqué in wool and metallic thread. Reverse includes Johan Backhausen & Söhne silk designed by Josef Hoffmann.
Maker Bio: Ludwig Schmidt was a multi-generational producer of high-quality, typically custom furniture. Schmidt was a Viennese furniture maker with whom both Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser had contracts for design. Schmidt also worked on interiors and designs by Joseph Maria Olbrich for the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900, and it is likely he produced furniture based on Hoffmann’s and Moser’s designs. Ludwig the Younger successfully continued the company after his father’s death, working with important designers including Hans Prutscher. At the turn of the century, the firm worked with many well-known architects and furniture designers, including Olbrich at the 1900 Paris World Exposition. After Ludwig the Elder’s death in 1906, his widow and son, Ludwig the Younger, continued the company successfully until it was dissolved with the onset of WWII.
Measurement: Height: 71 in. (180.3 cm.), Center Panel: 27 in. (68.6 cm.), End Panels: 20 1/2 in. (52.1 cm.) approx
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