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First edition hard back binding in publisher's original red and black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered in black, graphic design to the end papers. Folio. 12½'' x 10''. The Wiener Werkstätte established in 1903 by the graphic designer and painter Koloman Moser, the architect Josef Hoffmann and the patron Fritz Waerndorfer, was a productive association in Vienna, that brought together architects, artists, designers and artisans working in ceramics, fashion, silver, furniture and the graphic arts. Contains 244 pp English text with lavish period monochrome and colour photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Heavy volume weighing 2.5 kg, extra postage will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside of the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. INTERIOR DESIGN.

210 x 207 mm (sheet dimensions). Includes attached original threads and label ("9074a"). Josef Hoffmann created a wide range of furniture and fashion fabric designs for the Wiener Werkstätte, for the Backhausen company, the Flöge sisters and many others (cf. Schweiger, WW, p. 220 ff.). - Johannes Spalt (ed.), Josef Hoffmann. Porträts-Signets-Stempel, p. 103.