Tea Service with Samovar and Tray
This polished brass service, similar in form to one Josef Hoffmann designed in 1904, represents the designer’s interest in austere forms and smooth surfaces. The stylistic trend towards unadorned forms reached its high point in the metal works of the early Wiener Werkstätte. It was out of a silver workshop in Vienna that Wiener Werkstätte originally sprang. Unlike the workshop’s ceramics and glassware, which were manufactured in other factories, silver and metal works were executed by the Wiener Werkstätte artists themselves. This particular set was produced in only twenty-nine copies. After 1910, Hoffmann’s designs would move towards more elegant and ornate forms.
Artwork Details
- Title: Tea Service with Samovar and Tray
- Designer: Josef Hoffmann (Austrian, Pirnitz 1870–1956 Vienna)
- Manufacturer: Wiener Werkstätte
- Date: 1910–11
- Medium: Brass, silver plating and wood
- Dimensions: 2021.54.22.1: 4 3/4 × 9 7/8 × 8 3/8 in., 1.3 lb. (12.1 × 25.1 × 21.3 cm, 0.6 kg)
2021.54.22.2: 4 × 6 3/4 × 5 3/8 in., 0.9 lb. (10.2 × 17.1 × 13.7 cm, 0.4 kg)
2021.54.22.3a,b: 4 1/4 × 5 7/8 × 4 in., 0.8 lb. (10.8 × 14.9 × 10.2 cm, 0.4 kg)
2021.54.22.3a: 2 1/2 × 5 7/8 × 4 in., 0.6 lb. (6.4 × 14.9 × 10.2 cm, 0.3 kg)
2021.54.22.3b: 2 × 5 5/8 × 3 3/4 in., 0.3 lb. (5.1 × 14.3 × 9.5 cm, 0.1 kg)
2021.54.22.4a,b: 2 1/2 × 5 1/8 × 2 1/2 in., 0.3 lb. (6.4 × 13 × 6.4 cm, 0.1 kg)
2021.54.22.4a: 2 1/4 × 5 1/8 × 2 1/2 in., 0.2 lb. (5.7 × 13 × 6.4 cm, 0.1 kg)
2021.54.22.4b: 3/4 × 1 7/8 × 2 1/2 in., 0.1 lb. (1.9 × 4.8 × 6.4 cm)
2021.54.22.5: 1 × 4 1/8 × 2 in., 0.1 lb. (2.5 × 10.5 × 5.1 cm, 45.36g)
2021.54.22.6: 1 × 13 1/2 × 10 in., 1.3 lb. (2.5 × 34.3 × 25.4 cm, 589.676g) - Classification: Silver
- Credit Line: Gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler, 2020
- Object Number: 2021.54.22.1–.6
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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Attributed to Josef Hoffmann (Austrian, Pirnitz 1870–1956 Vienna)
late 19th–early 20th century
Josef Hoffmann (Austrian, Pirnitz 1870–1956 Vienna)
ca. 1900
Josef Hoffmann (Austrian, Pirnitz 1870–1956 Vienna)
ca. 1920
Josef Hoffmann (Austrian, Pirnitz 1870–1956 Vienna)
ca. 1920
Josef Hoffmann (Austrian, Pirnitz 1870–1956 Vienna)
ca. 1920
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