Description

Bistro dining chair, set of six, JJ Kohn, Austria 1900. Not a typical bentwood chair, but solid turned wood. The backrest connects straight down to the legs. Jacob & Josef Kohn, also known as J. & J. Kohn was an Austrian furniture maker and interior designer in Vienna. Jacob Kohn together with his son Josef Kohn founded the enterprise in 1849. Kohn would later rise to become one of the leading furniture makers in Austria-Hungary, becoming one of the leading competitors of Gebrüder Thonet. Kohn worked together with artists of the Wiener Werkstätte and Josef Hoffmann in the design of many pieces. The Kohns' received many awards and prizes for their work. They received a Spanish Royal Warrant of Appointment as purveyors of the royal house (Proveedor de la Real Casa). Kohn's works can be seen in a number of museums today, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna, and Disseny Hub Barcelona.