A stained beechwood and aluminium desk

DESIGNED BY OTTO WAGNER FOR THE ÖSTERREICHISCHE POSTSPARKASSE, MANUFACTURED BY THONET, CIRCA 1906

细节

A stained beechwood and aluminium desk
Designed by Otto Wagner for the Österreichische Postsparkasse, manufactured by Thonet, circa 1906
Single upper shelf, ribbed panelled back, the sides and back applied with rows of aluminium studs, the drawers with aluminium escutcheons, original leather cloth writing surface, aluminium sabots
41 3/8in. (105cm.) wide; 43in. (109.2cm.) high; 26in. (66cm.) deep
The drawers stamped on the exterior 1876 and 51, the underside with original Thonet paper label

拍品专文

Designed for the Buchungsbüro (Deposits Office).
Cf: Fünfundzwanzig Jahre Postsparkasse, Vienna, 1908.
See also: Otto Wagner. Die Österreichische Postsparkasse, Vienna, 1996, p. 65ff..
P. Asenbaum, P. Haiko, H. Lachmayer, R. Zettl: Otto Wagner. Möbel und Innenräume, Vienna, 1984, pp. 204-239.