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Rita Bucheit, Ltd Continental Antiques

Vienna Secession Furniture, Fine Arts and Lighting

Vienna Secession Interior

This collection includes popular Austrian antiques, handmade by leading artisans of their era.

Fine Vienna Secession Pieces, Geometrically Designed

Adding to our collection of Austrian antiques is the Vienna Secession. Using Biedermeier as their antecedent, The Secession wove furniture, architecture and decoration together under more geometric terms. Initial exhibitions of these works occurred between 1897 -1899. In 1903 the Wiener Werkstaette – the cooperative artist workshop – was opened, producing the finest handmade Austrian furniture designs, ceramics, graphic arts, silver, jewelry, fabrics, fashion designs, house wares, and architectural feats.

19th Century Bentwood Furniture Featuring Innovative Designs

The Gebrueder Thonet and J & J Kohn companies, the leading manufacturers of Bentwood furniture, popularized designs by Josef Hoffmann, Otto Wagner, Otto Prutscher, Marcel Kammerer, and Gustav Siegel. You’ll find many of these in our collection, including:Contact us for more detailed information about the item(s) of interest to you. We’d be delighted to show you the gallery, which is open at regular hours and by appointment.