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Otto Wagner armchair from the board room at the Postparkasse Thonet Austria, 1906 stained beech wood, aluminum, upholstery 21.75 w x 23.25 d x 31 h inches Vienna's Postparkasse, or Post Office Savings Bank, is Otto Wagner's most important public commission and a landmark of modern architecture. This project illustrates Wagner’s pioneering use of aluminum as a new and modern material in architecture and design. Produced in a small series exclusively for the board room of the Post Office Savings Bank, this armchair utilizes aluminum both as a durable material for everyday use, and as a detail that fuses the design with overall architectural concept. Signed with manufacturer's paper label to underside: [Thonet Wien] and stamped: [Thonet]. Literature: <i>Otto Wagner: 1841-1918</i>, Geretsegger and Peintner, pg. 177 <i>Aluminum by Design,</i> Nichols, ppg. 202-203 $15,000-$20,000 < 100-119 > |