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F. O. Schmidt, Vienna (manufacturer)
Egyptian stool, from the Langer apartment (c. 1903)
wood, leather, brass
41.9 × 64.0 × 64.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, NGV Supporters of Decorative Arts, 2017
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Egyptian stool, from the Langer apartment
(c. 1903)
Medium
wood, leather, brass
Measurements
41.9 × 64.0 × 64.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, NGV Supporters of Decorative Arts, 2017
Gallery location
18th & 19th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
This stool by the Viennese architect and designer Adolf Loos was directly based upon Leonard Wyburd’s Thebes, stool of 1884. Loos’s interiors were deeply influenced by English Arts and Crafts principles of truth to materials and the importance of hand craftsmanship. As in his other furniture for the Langer apartment, on display in the adjacent gallery, Loos often incorporated historical furniture design and indeed promoted its use, believing that good design was good design, regardless of when it was created. Egyptian stool is typical of this approach.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Vienna, Austria
Accession Number
2017.455
Department
International Decorative Arts