Art Nouveau Stössler Armchair by Adolf Loos, 1890s

Draft: Adolf Loos (1870 – 1933)
Adolf Loos designed the chair model shown here in 1899 according to the English model in the course of his earliest work as an interior design for the dining room of the Eugen Stössler apartment in Vienna. The waiver of the front supports of the armrests, as well as the backward -curved legs, give the early chair slight elegance. Instead of the turned legs of the English model used, Loos used smooth fairwoods, which are provided with brass feet to protect the carpet. In this way, these foot cuffs meet a practical purpose and also have a decorative effect. They thus correspond to Loos’ demand for a ‘unity of shape and function’.
Solid and veneered, shallack, shellac hand -polished, the seat padded and covered with leather, brass nails and brass shoes made in a quality manual work.

Execution: Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Vienna, around 1900
Model number 6865
The model was produced by the company F.O. Schmidt and was also in its offer at that time. This explains why this chair model designed by Loos, especially for one of its interiors, can also be found on the art market.

Masses:
Total height: 82.0 cm
Seat height: 47.0 cm
Width: 57.0 cm
Depth: 50.0 cm

PROOF:
– The dining room of the Stössler apartment was published in 1900 in the Vienna arts and craftsmanship ‘Das Interieur’. (The interior, I, 1900, p. 95)
– Eva B. Ottillinger, Adolf Loos, living concepts and furniture designs, 1994, p. 132, Fig. Pp. 40, 134.

CONDITION:
Antique furniture from the original production time, professionally and restored in our own carpentry workshop.
Upholstery and leather cover, as well as polish, professionally renewed.