DOI article:
Levetus, A. S.: A Viennese exhibition of Arts and Crafts
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A Viennese Exhibition of Arts and Crafts
GARDEN SEAT DESIGNED BY JOSEF ZOTTI, EXECUTED BY THE PRAG-
RUDNIKER KORBWARENFABRICATION
The back was formed of
neavy hand-printed silk de-
signed by Lotte Fromel-
Fochler and executed in the
Wiener Werkstatte. The
same material was used for
the upholstery of the chairs.
Nothing more beautiful [in
construction, design, and
workmanship has been
exhibited in Vienna.
Another interesting in-
terior was a lady’s boudoir
designed by architect Otto
Prutscher, the furniture
being in white-lacquered
poplar upholstered in deep
the building itself and its furniture and
decoration.
J ust behind the garden a small part was
set aside for some headstones and grave
monuments designed by A. Basel, L
Forstner, Cesar Poppovits, and Michael
Powolny. Some of these were highly praise-
worthy, and showed how very earnest the
artists are in their desire for the best that
material, design and workmanship can pro-
duce. Some of the tombstones were of
stone or marble, with reliefs, others of
wrought iron. There were, moreover, many
other objects for the decoration of the
cemetery.
The interior of the exhibition was arranged
by architect Carl Witzmann, who once more
showed great fertility of imagination and
invention, for the whole interior was again
transformed so that it bore not the least re-
semblance in the manner of decoration to
the exhibition held six months previously, of
which an account has already been given in
The Studio. Whichever way one looked
one was greeted by some real work of art,
the same care being given to objects de-
signed for and executed in cheaper materials
as to those made of the most costly ones.
The first attention, however, must be given
to the interiors, and to Prof. Josef Hoff-
mann in particular for his dining-room in
carved and polished ebony. Each panel of
the sideboard was formed of one piece of
wood, highly polished and beautifully carved ;
indeed, it was a joy to look on this object,
which could well merit a place in a museum.
DINING-ROOM CHAIR IN CARVED AND POLISHED EBONY
INLAID WITH MOTHER-OF-PEARL. DESIGNED BY PROF. JOSEF
HOFFMANN, EXECUTED BY J. SOULEK
220
GARDEN SEAT DESIGNED BY JOSEF ZOTTI, EXECUTED BY THE PRAG-
RUDNIKER KORBWARENFABRICATION
The back was formed of
neavy hand-printed silk de-
signed by Lotte Fromel-
Fochler and executed in the
Wiener Werkstatte. The
same material was used for
the upholstery of the chairs.
Nothing more beautiful [in
construction, design, and
workmanship has been
exhibited in Vienna.
Another interesting in-
terior was a lady’s boudoir
designed by architect Otto
Prutscher, the furniture
being in white-lacquered
poplar upholstered in deep
the building itself and its furniture and
decoration.
J ust behind the garden a small part was
set aside for some headstones and grave
monuments designed by A. Basel, L
Forstner, Cesar Poppovits, and Michael
Powolny. Some of these were highly praise-
worthy, and showed how very earnest the
artists are in their desire for the best that
material, design and workmanship can pro-
duce. Some of the tombstones were of
stone or marble, with reliefs, others of
wrought iron. There were, moreover, many
other objects for the decoration of the
cemetery.
The interior of the exhibition was arranged
by architect Carl Witzmann, who once more
showed great fertility of imagination and
invention, for the whole interior was again
transformed so that it bore not the least re-
semblance in the manner of decoration to
the exhibition held six months previously, of
which an account has already been given in
The Studio. Whichever way one looked
one was greeted by some real work of art,
the same care being given to objects de-
signed for and executed in cheaper materials
as to those made of the most costly ones.
The first attention, however, must be given
to the interiors, and to Prof. Josef Hoff-
mann in particular for his dining-room in
carved and polished ebony. Each panel of
the sideboard was formed of one piece of
wood, highly polished and beautifully carved ;
indeed, it was a joy to look on this object,
which could well merit a place in a museum.
DINING-ROOM CHAIR IN CARVED AND POLISHED EBONY
INLAID WITH MOTHER-OF-PEARL. DESIGNED BY PROF. JOSEF
HOFFMANN, EXECUTED BY J. SOULEK
220