Otto Wagner Chair

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Otto wagner chair.

Ton czechoslovakia bentwood dining chair beech wood thonet ton. Polished marble ebonized beech wood nickel plated and aluminum detailing and everywhere broad panels of curved and beveled glass. Otto koloman wagner was born on july 13 1841 in vienna austria. Among his students were the renowned art nouveau architects joseph maria olbrich and josef hoffmann.

He made also use of the ultra modern material of aluminium. With his post office savings bank on stubenring otto wagner created a pioneering icon of 20th century architecture the interior of which was designed on purely functional lines. Many of his works are found in his native city of vienna and illustrate the rapid evolution of architecture during the period. In 1894 wagner was appointed professor of architecture at the vienna academy of fine arts.

Bent beech wood origine. 13 july 1841 11 april 1918 was an austrian architect and urban planner he was a leading member of the vienna secession movement of architecture founded in 1897 and the broader art nouveau movement. 78 x 56 x 58 cm. The solid bent beech wood structure is both embracing and ergonomic.

Explore all seating created by otto wagner. Furniture for the vienna post office savings bank otto wagner vienna c. Extremely rare and very modern furniture from 1900 designed by otto wagner a pair of stools which can be bought separately as well. Essentially wagner catapulted fin de siècle vienna into the 20th century by celebrating the beauty of simplicity.

Das interieur iv 1903 p 7. The postsparkasse series was designed in 1906 by otto wagner for the headquarters of the post office savings bank in vienna and represents a clear expression of modern viennese art. Unlike any other austrian architect furniture designer and interior decorator otto wagner holds the key to viennese modernist and art nouveau architecture. 6 elegant dinning chairs style of otto wagner ton thonet.