Object Description
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Wilhelm Schmidt and made by Prag-Rudniker, in Vienna. A Vienna Secessionist Arts and Crafts oak piano stool. Tulip-style cut-outs to the topsides and curved seats, three vertical slats to each side, uniting the lower side stretchers to the lower twin stretchers.
A period green upholstered flat seat version.
Illustrated: Das Interieure III “”Wiener Kunst im Hause Exhibition””, Wien, 1902, pg. 169, Prag-Rudnicker Korbwaren-Fabrikation Catalogue, 1902/1903, No. 508. Korbmobel, Eva B. Ottillinger (Salzburg, Residenz Verlag, 1990) pg. 106, illus. no. 99, Moderne Vergangenheit Wien 1800-1900 (Vienna, Kunstlerhaus, 1981) pg. 271.
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