Minneapolis Institute of Art

Armchair, model no. 718 F/B

Designer: Otto Wagner; Manufacturer: Jacob & Josef Kohn

Date

c. 1902

Medium

Ebonized beechwood with aluminum sabots and leather

Department

European Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Yet to receive the credit he deserves, Otto Wagner was the patriarch of Viennese modernity. Among his students were Adolf Loos, Josef Maria Olbrich, Josef Hoffmann and Leopold Bauer to name a few. This chair precedes a variant armchair (1904-06) designed for his famous Postal Savings Bank in Vienna. The chair form was subsequently produced commercially in several variations by J. & J. Kohn and the rival firm Gebrüder Thonet which likewise produced furnishings for the Savings Bank. Wagner was the first of his colleagues to incorporate aluminum into his interior elements and furniture. Austria, Europe

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