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The Viennese geometrical Jugendstil in furniture design was personified by the adjustable armchair Sitzmaschine (a machina for sitting), designed in 1905 by Josef Hoffmann, originally for the Westend Sanatorium in Purkersdorf near Vienna, and which in 1906 was manufactured as bent-wood furniture by J. & J. Kohn Company, under the catalogue number 669. Later several series were also produced by other manufacturers of bentwood furniture. The strict architecture of the geometrical construction of the armchair is underlined by the rectangular decor of the cuts in the plywood in the sides and in the adjustable back support of the armchair. Hoffmann even designed the adjustment of the back support with a steel rod shifted into the steel stops. Distinguishing details are the decorative ovals securing the strengthened connection of the seat and the legs. The armchair developed the popular Morris armchair but its style had a new quality. It is a modern artistic artifact, an object on a new border, which moved the understanding of a unique utility work into the category equivalent to high art.

Artist Biography

josef hoffmann was an austrian-moravian architect and designer. he was among the founders of vienna secession and co-establisher of the wiener werkstätte. his most famous architectural work is the stoclet palace, in brussels, (1905–1911) a pioneering work of modern architecture, art deco and peak of vienna secession architecture.

josef maria gustav hoffmann

1870 - 1956 , Croatia

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Artistic Movement Or Style: Vienna Secession, Art Deco, Modernism
Artists Or Movements Influenced By This Artist: ['Wiener Werkstätte']
Date Of Birth: 1870
Date Of Death: 1956
Full Name: Josef Maria Gustav Hoffmann
Nationality: Austrian-Moravian
Notable Artworks: ['Stoclet Palace']
Place Of Birth: Příbor, Croatia

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