Armchairs and chairs, what style ?

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  1. Daniel78

    Daniel78 New Member

    Hello
    Can anyone help me identify these chairs ? I have the entire set, settee , chairs and armchairs.
    Looks like Thonet Josef Hoffmann style, the legs are not straight though.

    Thank you IMG_20210809_155929.jpg IMG_20210810_151255.jpg
     
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  2. mark737

    mark737 Well-Known Member

    Appear to be inspired by Hoffmann designs, like the "Fledermaus" chairs designed in 1905 and first produced by Jacob and Josef Kohn of Vienna. Variations were later produced by Thonet and others. Furniture makers of the time liberally borrowed designs of other companies, making it difficult to determine the maker from the style alone. Furniture in this style is usually labeled as Viennese Secession or Wiener Werkstätte. These were offshoots of Art Nouveau so you sometimes see it labeled as that, or the German term Jugendstil.
     
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  3. verybrad

    verybrad Well-Known Member

    I get the Hoffman reference and you might call these secessionist. However, the arm chair could also be considered an empire revival barrel chair. The side chair, a variation off same.
     
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  4. Daniel78

    Daniel78 New Member

    Thank you.
    I already bought them, do they have a real value ?
     
  5. mark737

    mark737 Well-Known Member

    You can look on sites like Liveauctioneers.com and Chairish.com/pinkbook to get an idea of what similar groups sell for. Marked sets by a respected maker like Kohn, Thonet, or Wittmann will always sell for more. And it helps to have a complete set with settee as you do. That said, a set "in the style of" Hoffmann, and probably needing new upholstery, is not going to fetch a whole lot. Maybe in the $300-$500 range in my part of the world (Texas).
     
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