Armchair

Koloman Moser|Josef Hoffmann

1903 · Wood, cane · Modern and Contemporary Art

Koloman Moser and Josef Hoffmann founded the Wiener Werkstätte in 1903 to produce well-designed, often handmade products for everyday use. This early chair reads as a manifesto for the Viennese workshop. The reduction of form to the pure geometries of the cube, square, and triangle gestures toward simplifying production while allowing for visual interest in the workmanship of the caning and the patterning between black and white, solid and void. This approach impacted Sottsass, who engaged similar strategies.

Artist

Koloman Moser|Josef Hoffmann

Date

1903

Medium

Wood, cane

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

Purchase, Lita Annenberg Hazen Charitable Trust Gift, 1986