Vase

ca. 1908

Not on view

Hoffmann's campaign of artistic reform extended to almost every material and type of object. The architect-designer devised this vase for the Wiener Werkstätte, the trailblazing arts and crafts studio that he founded in Vienna in 1903. The bell-shaped, silver form and decoration of scrolling flowers and stems reflect a shift away from the simple, geometric style favored during the first days of the studio. Similar floral ornament appears on the other workshop productions from about 1908.

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Provenance

Exhibition History

Title:
Vase
Designer:
Josef Hoffmann (Austrian, Pirnitz 1870–1956 Vienna)
Maker:
Alfred Mayer , Austrian, for the Wiener Werkstätte
Date:
ca. 1908
Medium:
Silver, gold plating
Dimensions:
9 1/8 × 4 15/16 × 3 3/4 in., 0.7 lb. (23.2 × 12.5 × 9.5 cm, 0.3 kg)
Classification:
Metalwork-Silver
Credit Line:
Purchase, Edward C. Moore Jr. Gift, 1923
Object Number:
23.213.2
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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