Reading table for the dispatch bureau of the daily newspaper "Die Zeit" in Vienna, Kärntnerstrasse/Annagasse, 1902 designed by Otto Wagner. A reconstruction of the façade is exhibited at the Wien Museum. First published in Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Band XI, Oktober 1902-März 1903, pages 117-119
An important example for the modern movement in Vienna around 1900, which was ignited by Otto Wagner with his radical avoidance of historistic elements.
MATERIAL
Brass-Frame, table-top in beechwood
TECHNICAL DATA
Width:90 cm (35.43 inch)
Height:74 cm (29.13 inch)
Length:180 cm (70.87 inch)