Model 714 Armchair by Otto Wagner & Gustav Siegel for Jacob & Josef Kohn, 1900s

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Armchair 714 was the first model to use the "quadrangular section" in the so-called modern chair. The rectangular cut-outs in … more Armchair 714 was the first model to use the "quadrangular section" in the so-called modern chair. The rectangular cut-outs in the backrest show an early shift from art nouveau and Viennese Secssionism towards modernist geometry. The design of model 714 has been attributed to Otto Wagner as well as Gustav Siegel. This is the first version with the "saddle seat" of bent plywood as it was first presented in the supplement of the Kohn catalogue of 1903. I have official proof of authenticity such as vintage catalogs,
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