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Bookcase, from the Gallia apartment smoking room

Josef HOFFMANN (designer), WIENER WERKSTÄTTE, Vienna (commissioning workshop), WENZEL HOLLMANN, Vienna (manufacturer)
Bookcase, from the Gallia apartment smoking room
 (c. 1913)

Medium
ebonised Oak (Quercus sp.), glass, brass

Measurements
(a-dd) 140.0 × 597.4 × 51.2 cm (overall)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Samuel E. Wills Bequest, 1976
© Estate of Josef Hoffmann

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Gallery location
National Gallery of Victoria

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Vienna, Austria

Accession Number
D164.a-dd-1976

Department
International Decorative Arts

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited

Physical description
Narrow, inward-sloping fluted top and sides, five latticed doors, bank of eight drawers each end, fluted legs.

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