Vase

Josef Hoffmann|Alfred Mayer

ca. 1908 · Silver, gold plating · Modern and Contemporary Art

Hoffmann's campaign of artistic reform extended to almost every material and type of object. The architect-designer devised this vase for the Wiener Werkstätte, the trailblazing arts and crafts studio that he founded in Vienna in 1903. The bell-shaped, silver form and decoration of scrolling flowers and stems reflect a shift away from the simple, geometric style favored during the first days of the studio. Similar floral ornament appears on the other workshop productions from about 1908.

Artist

Josef Hoffmann|Alfred Mayer

Date

ca. 1908

Medium

Silver, gold plating

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

Purchase, Edward C. Moore Jr. Gift, 1923