Austrian Furniture

Art Deco glass Salt and pepper with toothpick holders vienna around 1920s Original condition

Objekt: Pfeilerschrank/Kredenz Entwurf: angelehnt an Josef Hoffmann für die Pariser Weltausstellung (Wien, um 1900) Modell-Nummer: - Ausführung: Anton Pospischil (Wien, um 1905) (Sch...

Walter Bosse (1904-1979), Austria. Three miniature bronze figurines. Elephant, squirrel, and whale. 1930s/40s. In excellent condition with a beautiful patina. Dimensions of the whale...

Fine ebonized Austrian Empire recamiere. Ebonized wood featuring elegantly curved sides and four highly detailed carved lions paw feet with giltwood accents.This fully restored large...

Spiral floor lamp by the Reggiani manufactured, circa 1970. Stainless steel with hand blown Murano glass sphere. A statement piece! In very good condition. Cleaned well wired and r...

Rare and delicate Goldscheider Art Déco ceramic figurine of the 1930s: Elegant young lady with chin-length blond curls and elegant black hat, green long skirt...

Hammered watering can vienna around 1960s Polished and stove enameled Bamboo original condition

Extraordinary Rupert Nikoll wall lamp vienna around 1950s Brass and copper polished and stove enameled

Wonderful floral wall or ceiling lamp from the 1950s. The lamp with the crystal glass flowers has a very luxurious appearance and sparkles particularly beautifully. The design and th...

This is an antique cocktail glass service. An Austrian, 12 piece wine, dessert and aperitif glass set, dating to the late Victorian period, cir...

Pair of Austro Hungarian hand panted litografi .Wooden frame .

Original massive brass coat hanger by Adolf Loos, designed in Vienna in the year 1907. This famous Elephant coat hanger was used in the apartment of Paul Khuner, 1040 Vienna. Docum...

Pair of Thonet Vienna Secession side chairs. Stained beechwood frames with caned seats.

Walter Bosse (1904-1979), Austria. Three miniature bronze figurines. Baby elephant, cow, and poodle. 1930s/40s. In excellent condition with a beautiful patina. Dimensions of the pood...

Walter Bosse (1904-1979), Austria. Three miniature bronze figurines. Ladybug, apple, and bumblebee. 1930s/40s. In excellent condition with a beautiful patina. Dimensions of the bumbl...

3 sets (6 pieces) Corncob holder from Carl Aubock II. The corncob holders are also shown in the Auböck catalog (see photo). The holders have a beautiful streamline shape and it see...

A beautiful pair of Austrian sconces by Austrolux, Vienna, manufactured in the mid-century, circa 1960s (late 1960s or early 1970s). Each lamp consists of a silver-colored metal fram...

Here is a fantastic table light manufactured by Rupert Nikoll, in Vienna, from the early 1960s. The lamp has been photographed with studio lighting, then with direct sun light and fi...

Classic early 1960s bottle opener. Nice addition to your room or just for use at your bar or bar cart. Found at an estate sale in Vienna, Austria.

Charming bronzed/ gilt Art Nouveau wall mirror out of Austria from the period around 1900. This lovely early 20th century mirror impresses with an elaborately crafted broad gilt and ...

For the Villa Pickler, Budapest, 1909, originally manufactured at the Wiener Werkstatte, reproduced at Woka Lamps, Vienna in 2003 on the occasion of the centennial of the founding of...

Thonet's history goes back approximately two hundred years and is best known for its wood bending technique. This technique created the characteristic bentwood chairs that were wides...

Made in Vienna by Carl Aubock II. 2 Sculptural Vintage Flasks, sold as a lot. The biger bottle comes with two shot glases into the Screw cap and the sma...

An Elegant Art Deco tableware collection , designed by Gio Ponti for Arthur Krupp and crafted in the 1930s by Krupp Berndorf in Austria. The collection includes a tea or coffee pot ...

Silvered Nupkin Holder Art Deco vienna around 1920s

A fine porcelain covered sugar bowl (that doubles perfectly as a table box). In the Melone pattern designed by Josef Hoffman in 1929. Decorated in black and gold. By the Vienna Au...

No. 17 dining set in bentwood and cane 'long john' chairs and table designed by Michael Thonet. Originally designed in the 1860s and produced by Thonet in the 20th century by multiple factories. Size: chairs: 57x49x96.5 seat height 46 Arm height 67 centimeter table: ø85.5 height 75 centimeter Condition: used. The lacquer has worn out on many places. The stained beech wood has discoloration. The cane in two seats is damaged. The cane in one back is damaged. One arm has a crack in a curve. Some small wood details are missing. The cane can be repaired or replaced professionally on request. Michael Thonet The development of bentwood for use in furniture is one of history’s most significant innovations in design. A range of renowned mid-century modern designers such as Alvar Aalto, Arne Jacobsen, and Charles and Ray Eames drew heavily on this technological advancement, and the success of their enduring works owes to the efforts of pioneering German-Austrian industrialist and designer Michael Thonet — founder of Thonet and widely considered the father of bentwood furniture. Bentwood furniture dates as far back as the Middle Ages, but it is the 19th-century cabinetmaker and master of parquetry Michael Thonet who is most often associated with this now-classic technique. Thonet in 1856 patented a method for bending solid wood through the use of steam, and from there, the bentwood look skyrocketed to furniture fame. He experimented with bending birch rods into rounded shapes — forming delicately seductive, curving Art Nouveau creations that were a daring departure from the heavy, hand-carved designs attributed to his contemporaries. The Boppard-born Thonet honed his carpentry skills in his father’s workshop, where he carried out experiments with plywood and modified the Biedermeier chairs that populated the studio. He received an invitation from Austrian Chancellor Prince Metternich to contribute Neo-Rococo interiors to the Liechtenstein City Palace in Vienna. From there, the cabinetmaker gained international recognition, including at London’s Great Exhibition of 1851, which featured works created by members of the Arts and Crafts movement as well as industrial products. Thonet showed a range of furniture at the fair and won the bronze medal for his bentwood chairs. He ​​incorporated his family’s company, the Thonet Brothers — or Gebrüder Thonet — with his sons in 1853. Considered the world’s oldest mass-produced chair, Michael Thonet’s ubiquitous Chair No. 14 demonstrated that his patented bentwood technology made it possible to efficiently produce furniture on an industrial scale. Often called the Coffee House chair — the company’s first substantial order was for a Viennese coffeehouse — the No. 14 remains an icon. Thonet originally designed the chair in 1859, and it is considered the starting point for modern furniture. Composed of just six parts, the chair, with its simple, lightweight design, belies its durability. The No. 14 was followed by the No. 18, or the Bistro chair, in 1867, and the 209, or the Architect’s chair, of which Le Corbusier was a fan. (The influential Swiss-French architect and designer used Thonet furniture in his Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau at the 1925 International Exposition of Decorative Arts in Paris.) The business began mass-producing furniture. By the end of the 1850s, there were additional Thonet workshops in Eastern Europe and hundreds of employees. Michael Thonet’s reputation attracted the attention of notable architects including Otto Wagner, Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Thonet’s patented bentwood technology also yielded an improvement to rocking chairs for his company — in the middle of the 19th century, Michael produced a series of rockers in which the different curved parts were integrated into fluid, sinuous wholes. Thanks to Thonet, the humble rocker acquired something unexpected: style. And bentwood furniture was embraced by a series of design greats — the innovation can be found in the seating that Josef Hoffman designed for Thonet, in the elegant Superleggera chair created by Gio Ponti and Alvar Aalto’s expressive Paimio armchair...

Very elegant glass-chandelier Material forged iron gilded, crystal-glass.

Brass wire basket produced in style of Carl Auböck workshop in Vienna. Consisting of 12 pieces of bent brass wire soldered at the ends. The basket ha...

Modern sconces or wall lights from brass pair duo by Iatesta Studio from 2000s. A stunning pair of sconces or wall lights with an adjustable dome shade, while the rectangular base po...

2 ceiling lamps vienna around 1920s Brass polished and stove enameled Original antique cut glass shades

Stunning Large Murano glass chandelier by Kalmar, 1960s Three tiers gather structured glasses, beautifully refracting the light very heavy quality. High quality and in very good con...

Decoration for horse fans vienna around 1950s Original condition

Small Table lamp with fabric shade vienna around 1950s Brass polished and stove enameled The fabric shade is replaced ( new )

This antique reliquary contains 11 relics of Saints with gilded paper rolls and red velvet. It is hand made of metal and wood. This is a 3rd class relic. For a better understanding, ...

Elegant Art Deco flatware, designed by Gio Ponti for Arthur Krupp and crafted in the 1950s by Krupp Berndorf in Austria. This exquisite cutlery is made from nickel-silvered Alpacca metal, characterized by its strict and geometric lines that elegantly evoke the Art Deco style prominent during Ponti's era. The collection includes six place settings, each consisting of a dinner spoon, fork, knife (plus one extra knife), a dessert spoon, and a coffee or teaspoon, totaling 31 pieces. The set is in good condition, featuring a charming patina. Notably, the smallest spoons appear to be unused. All pieces are marked. We would like to emphasize that in our other listing, we also offer a small Gio Ponti teapot...

Ceiling light with seven opaline glass bulbs, total drop custom made. Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser were using these designs! Glasses with colored spots with an additional charge ...

Antique Austrian "B.S.M. Co." Porcelain Pink, Blue & Yellow Square Shaped Oyster Plate, Circa 1880.

Adjustable nickel table lamp vienna around 1960s Original condition

1 of the 3 handmade high quality light fixture made by J.T. Kaiser, Austria, manufactured in midcentury, circa 1970 (at the end of 1960s and beginning of 1970s). This flushmount or ...

Pendant for the apartment Margaret und Jerome Stonborough. Margaret (Gretl) was the sister of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. Famous is the painting made by Gustav Klimt on the ...

19th century., wall mounted Biedermeier console table, with gray marble top, drawer (key retained), and single cabriole support, unmarked. This table is replete with common features ...

Big Art Deco bakalowits table lamp vienna around 1920s Hight quality glass table lamp The fabric shade is replaced ( new )

This colorless glass carafe by Carl Aubock was produced in 3 different sizes, our bitcher is the largest one. It comes with the original leather wrapped stripe with sewn in brass han...

This exquisite 19th-century Austrian hand-painted porcelain fish platter is a true work of art. Adorned with myriad painted fish and eels, as we...

Nickel-plated Table lamp vienna around 1960s Original condition

A Fine Early 20th Century 152 Piece Austrian Dinnerware Flatware Set by Berndorfer Metallwaaren-Fabrik, stamped 'Berndorf Alpacca', The Neoclassical Revival style set of Alpacca flatware comprising of: 12 Fish knives 12 Salad forks 12 Salad knives 12 Pasta spoons 12 Dessert spoons 12 Coffee spoons 12 Tea spoons 12 Ice-cream spoons 1 Ice thong 1 Soup ladle 1 Serving spoon 1 Salad spoon 1 Sauce/Gravy ladle 1 Meat carving knife 1 Meat carving fork 1 Salad fork All inside its original lined wooden storage-traveling cabinet. (See all images). Circa: Vienna, 1900-1930. The Alpacca alloy was developed in 1823 by the German chemist Dr. Ernst August Geitner (1783-1852). It was very similar in its appearance to silver, therefore, this new alloy was first called "Argentan". It consisted of 20% nickel, 55% copper and 25% zinc. The new silver-imitating alloy soon became very popular. The Gebrueder Henninger (Henninger Bros.) proposed a similar alloy (5-30% nickel, 45-70% copper and 8-45% zinc with trace amounts of lead, tin and iron) which they called "Neusilber". Later both Argentan and Neusilber were used under the trade name of Alpacca (or Alpakka). The great advantage of the use of Alpacca alloy as the base metal for silver plating is that the appearance of the objects does not change significantly with the wearing away of the silver layer and, unlike sterling silver, it does not require frequent polishing or cleaning due to tarnishing. The earliest known Berndorf Alpacca mark (No.1) was introduced around 1880 and used until 1891. I found it on the bottom of a 30 cl teapot bearing the inscription KRIEAU, which corresponds to the "Wiener Krieau", the famous race course in Vienna. The mark No.1 represents an oval of 3.0 x 3.6 mm size bearing the lettering "BMF ALPACCA" (which means Berndorfer Metallwaaren Fabrik or Berndorf Metalware Factory) with the "M" and "F" letters being fused. Inside the oval there is a profile of a walking bear looking down. This mark is quite rare. BIBLIOGRAPHY - Ingrid Haslinger, Tafelkultur Marke Berndorf, Das Niederoesterreichische Erfolgsunternehmen Arthur Krupps (Ketterl Verlag, Wien, 1998), pp.1-174, (in German). - Dedo von Kerssenbrock-Krosigk and Claudia Kanowski, Modern Art of Metallwork (Berlin: Broehan Museum, 2001), 1-598. - Musterbuch ueber Tafelgeraete in Alpacca-Silber I, Alpacca-Silber II und Alpacca, Unversilbert (Berndorfer Haus, Berlin, 1928), pp.1-53, (in German). - Waltraud Neuwirth, Bluehender Jugendstil Oesterreich, Band 2: Firmen und Marken [Art Nouveau in Blossom - Austria, Vol. 2: Companies and Marks]. Vienna: Selbstverlag Dr. Waltraud Neuwirth, 1991, 1-288 (in German). - David N. Nikogosyan, 2008, Marks of Silverplated Hollowware...

A rare and very exclusive Hollywood regency Mid-Century Modern flush mount light fixture model 'Corina' by J.T. Kalmar, Vienna, Austria, manufactured in midcentury, circa 1970 (late ...

Exclusive cubic chandelier. Variation of the chandelier in the lobby of the Vienna Concert hall, build by the famous theater-architects Fellner & Helmer. Also available with clear-cu...

This striking Art Deco table lamp was produced in Austria in the late 1930s. The design is marked by the elegant shape of the base which has executed in lacquered maple and Birdsey...

1 of the 2 high-end square flush mount ceiling light with brass back plate and hand blown Murano glass in ice melted shape by Kalmar, Austria, 1960s. High quality of materials. Illum...

Friedensreich Hundertwasser, color screen print with metal embossing “It hurts to wait with love in somewhere else”. published by Ars Viva, Zurich 1971-72, stamp signed and numbered ...

A wonderful gilt brass light fixture made by Kalmar (Series: Corina), Austria, manufactured, circa 1970-1979. Three tiers structure gathering many structured polished crystal glass p...

Karl Hagenauer for Werkstätte Hagenauer Wienstamp - stamped WHW, Hagenauer Wein made in Austria, circa 1930s bronze miniature sculpture of a sailor playing an accordion.

We are pleased to offer the pictured mid-century umbrella stand / holder. It dates from the 1970s and was designed by Carl Auböck III and handcrafted by the Werkstätte Auböck in Vien...

a pair of Austrian secessionist bentwood stools, small benches, window seats or causeuses. I am not sure wether the upholstery is leather or leatherette but it seems to be quite old...

This striking umbrella stand, which can also serve as a paper basket or wastepaper bin, dates back to the 1950s. Designed by Walter Bosse and crafted by Hertha Baller in Vienna, Aust...

Blue Painted Chest Measurements: H.58 - W.133 - D.63 Period: 1848 Origin: Tyrol Essence: Fir Description: Tyrolean painted chest entirely painted in intense blue. On the front ther...