ADOLF LOOS (1870–1933) A TEA TABLE (ELEFANTENRÜSSEL TISCH) Starting price: 180 000 CZK (7 200 EUR) Hammer price: 420 000 CZK (16 800 EUR) Description dimensions: 66 x 86 cm (h x w) period: After 1900; Austria-Hungary, Vienna Solid walnut and walnut veneer, mahogany, brass. An iconic table manufactured by F. O. Schmidt Wien. Eight legs, top with scalloped brass edge, brass feet. Adolf Loos used this model in various styles. An identical copy is in the collections of the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna (“Design / Crafts 1890–1938” permanent collection). Literature: Eva B. Ottilinger. Adolf Loos Adolf Loos Wohnkonzepte und Möbelentwürfe, Salzburg/Vienna, 1994, p. 47, fig. 39, p. 154F; Burkhardt Rukschcio, Roland Schachel. Adolf Loos Leben und Werk, Salzburg/Vienna 1982, p. 423f., the apartment of Gustav and Marie Turnowsky, Vienna IV, Wohllebengasse 19, 1900, fig. 418, bedroom seating, Wohllebengasse, 1900; Věra Běhalová, Die Wohnungen von Adolf Loos in Pilsen in: Adolf Loos 1870–1933. Berlin Akademie der Künste, 1983.
ADOLF LOOS (1870–1933) A TEA TABLE (ELEFANTENRÜSSEL TISCH) Starting price: 180 000 CZK (7 200 EUR) Hammer price: 420 000 CZK (16 800 EUR) Description dimensions: 66 x 86 cm (h x w) period: After 1900; Austria-Hungary, Vienna Solid walnut and walnut veneer, mahogany, brass. An iconic table manufactured by F. O. Schmidt Wien. Eight legs, top with scalloped brass edge, brass feet. Adolf Loos used this model in various styles. An identical copy is in the collections of the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna (“Design / Crafts 1890–1938” permanent collection). Literature: Eva B. Ottilinger. Adolf Loos Adolf Loos Wohnkonzepte und Möbelentwürfe, Salzburg/Vienna, 1994, p. 47, fig. 39, p. 154F; Burkhardt Rukschcio, Roland Schachel. Adolf Loos Leben und Werk, Salzburg/Vienna 1982, p. 423f., the apartment of Gustav and Marie Turnowsky, Vienna IV, Wohllebengasse 19, 1900, fig. 418, bedroom seating, Wohllebengasse, 1900; Věra Běhalová, Die Wohnungen von Adolf Loos in Pilsen in: Adolf Loos 1870–1933. Berlin Akademie der Künste, 1983.
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