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Marcel Kammerer (1878-1969)

Marcel Kammerer (1878-1969)
Armchair
Vienna, c.1910
Made by Thonet Brothers (stamp)
Mahogany stained beechwood

Architect and designer Marcel Kammerer studied and worked under
Otto Wagner. He assisted Wagner in designing furniture made out of
square bent wood in what came to be known as the ‘Postsparkassen style’.
Wagner instilled into his pupils: ‘what was not useful could not be
beautiful.’ Developments in style should come about as a result of new
construction techniques and materials. These offered such a wealth of
opportunity that it would be no longer necessary to imitate old styles,
as had been the practice during the second half of the 19th century.

Height: 31”
32” x 24”