Early 20th Century Original Austrian Jugendstil Full Length Bentwood Cheval Dressing Mirror -Thonet

Description

Austrian, Wien full length dressing mirror in stained and polished beechwood with double curved bentwood surround extending the full length … more Austrian, Wien full length dressing mirror in stained and polished beechwood with double curved bentwood surround extending the full length of the stand and culminating in a very unusual and elegant leggy base.
This standing mirror circa 1904 has its original one inch beveled glass inset.
The mirror is typical of the Austrian style, sinuous and elegant in an organic approach with Bauhaus, Vienna Secession verve.
This brown/maroon hued, oxblood patined object d'art features undertones and highlights and is finished with a satin French polish. It can be used in a Brooklyn loft, Arts & Crafts home, midcentury environment, country home, study, entry foyer, bathroom, bedroom, living room,
closet, dressing room or anywhere a dramatic statement is warranted.
The mirror is made by steaming pieces of beech wood in saturated steam so that the wood bends more easily. Aspects of both machine and hand work are used to achieve Thonet's unique process. The firm perfected these techniques and Industrial designs and thus became very popular throughout Europe. Thonet played a key role in the development of the modern movement with his invention of the wood-bending process.
Gebrüder Thonet exhibited at the world exhibition which took place in Paris in 1900.
The museum of Applied Arts in Vienna owns a large collection of Thonet's production and hold exhibitions showcasing Thonet's historic objects and furniture.
The Werkstätte was a productive cooperative of artisans in Vienna, Austria founded in 1903 by Josef Hoffman, Koloman Moser and Fritz Waerndorfer.
Thonet (manufacturer) (1870-1956).
Bibliographie :
Thonet Frères, De L'industrie Des Meubles En Bois Courbé, prospectus, Lyon, 1914, n.p.
Thonet: Thonet Bentwood & Other Furniture, The 1904 Illustrated Catalogue, New York, 1980, p. 128, no. 3. less