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remarkable c. 1930's machine age american art deco bent tubular chrome three-seat sofa with black upholstered seats
  • remarkable c. 1930's machine age american art deco bent tubular chrome three-seat sofa with black upholstered seats
remarkable c. 1930's machine age american art deco bent tubular chrome three-seat sofa with black upholstered seats

remarkable c. 1930's machine age american art deco bent tubular chrome three-seat sofa with black upholstered seats

SKU: UR-10206-11
remarkable c. 1930's american machine age three seat sofa designed by wolfgang hoffmann for the howell co., st. charles, il. the low-lying streamlined sofa retains the original spring cushions reupholstered with period appropriate black mohair fabric. the black enameled maple wood armrests are original and largely intact. the welded joint bent tubular steel frame retains much of the original highly polished chrome plated finished. wolfgang hoffmann was born in vienna, austria. the son of the famous architect and wiener werkstatte co-founder, joseph hoffmann. while in vienna, wolfgang met and married his wife, pola, who had been born in poland in 1902 and was studying under joseph hoffmann at the vienna school of design. in 1925 the couple arrived in new york and worked for joseph urban in the american branch of the bauhaus. leaving urban, the hoffmann's formed an independent design team with offices on madison avenue in new york. during the late 1920’s and early 1930’s the hoffmann's designed custom furniture for private clients. the hoffmann’s work was shown at both the 1928 and 1928 american designers gallery exhibitions. in 1932 wolfgang was asked to assist joseph urban in developing the color scheme for the 1933 chicago world’s fair and also was asked to design the interior and furniture for the lumber industries house. the chicago world’s fair brought hoffmann to the attention of the howell co., headquartered in geneva, illinois (later, st. charles, illinois), where he became resident designer from 1934 through 1942, offering lines of chromed steel furniture.

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