Description
Circa 1900. A rare set of 17 bentwood chairs, with a makers label beneath. The curved top rail with a bentwood loop beneath, on two sturdy and stout turned uprights, the shaped seat with a wonderful pattern is braced to the back by two small curved sections at the side, with a simple seat rail supporting the four turned legs with a conforming circular stretchers, the chairs have the makers label ‘Mundus & JJ Kohn’ to the underside.
Jacob Kohn (1791-1868) and his son Josef Kohn (1818-1884) of Vienna (Wien) Austria founded a company (known as J. & J. Kohn) that made wooden parts for buildings in 1849. Around 1867, the company began making furniture and started factories in many cities. In 1914 the company merged with Mundus, a holding company in Vienna, and became Kohn-Mundus. Kohn-Mundus merged with Thonet in 1922. Internationally acclaimed furniture makers, works by Jacob and Josef Kohn can be found today in the Museum of Modern Art and Disseny Hub Barcelona
Dimensions:
- 91cm H, 44cm W, 43cm D
