Art Nouveau Model No. 715 Living Room Set by Gustav Siegel for Jacob & Josef Kohn, Vienna 1905, Set of 3

Object: seating area
Design: Gustav Siegel (Vienna, 1899)
Model number: 715/F (armchair) and 715/C (canapé)
Execution: Jacob & Josef Kohn (Vienna, around 1905)
Dimensions in cm armchair (H x W x D): 76.5 x 53 x 55
Dimensions in cm canapé (H x W x D): 77 x 121.5 x 55
Material: bentwood, fabric (Backhausen, model: Aristide, design: Otto Prutscher, 1905)
Condition: Original condition with age-related signs of wear (restoration recommended)
Provenance: Vienna
Literature: The Interior, 1900 pp. 156 & 168 / Decorative Art – Illustrated Magazine for Applied Arts, Volume 6, 1900, p. 399 / German Art and Decoration, Volume 11, 1902-1903, Alexander Koch, Darmstadt, p. 80 / Curved wood – constructive designs Vienna 1840-1910, pp. 25-26 / Il mobile moderno, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna, Jacob & Josef Kohn, Giovanni Renzi, 2008, pp. 28-29 / Jacob & Josef Kohn, catalog 1904 & 1907 , Éditions Volutes1900, p. 6 & p. 29 / Jacob & Josef Kohn, catalog 1904, p. 3 / La poltrona moderna – the modern armchair, Renzi & Borgia, 2018, p.22-23 / Josef Hoffmann and his circle – Furniture 1900-1930, Galerie Alt Wien Munich, p. 37

Additional Information:
The armchair 715/F, designed by Gustav Siegel (student of Josef Hoffmann) in 1899 for the Paris World Exhibition (1900), is probably the most famous and important armchair of Viennese Art Nouveau. He was awarded the gold medal in Paris in 1900 and is considered a pioneer of the best chair designs in the history of the Secession. Architects/designers such as Otto Wagner, Koloman Moser, Josef Hoffmann and Marcel Kammerer took the perfectly designed design language of the art furniture as a “template” for their own designs.