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Marie Turnoswky's brother was a friend of Loos'.\r\n\r\nThe chest of drawers was designed <i>en suite</i> with a room divider, a cupboard, a dressing table and a wardrobe. Its cubic shape, simple outline and the unusual brass handles root this piece firmly in the ideas of the Vienna Secession movement. However, the panelled construction of the wardrobe derives from traditional cabinet-making techniques. \r\n\r\nAdolf Loos used the same handles on a sideboard designed in 1900 for the Vienna apartment of the essayist, Dr Otto Stoessl.","physicalDescription":"Maple-veneered deal and oak chest-of-drawers on brass-covered plinth, with four drawers above two doors, the exposed carcase mouldings at the front decorated with grooves, the sides panelled. 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Exactly the same handles were used by Loos on a great sideboard of dark-stained oak, designed in 1900 for the Vienna apartment of the essayist, Dr Otto Stoessl (1875-1936). \r\n\r\nThe bedroom in the Turnosky apartment also contained a room divider, a cupboard, a dressing table and wardrobe <i>en suite</i> with this chest of drawers.\r\nIn 1931, Heinrich Kulka (1900-1974), pupil, friend and colleague of Loos, drew attention to Loos's revival of traditional panelled construction in these pieces, in contrast not only to the specious designs of Hoffmann and Van de Velde, but also to the furniture shown in the Werkbund's <i>Die Form ohne Ornament</i> (1924).","briefDescription":"Austrian (Vienna), 1899-1900, des. Adolf Loos\n\nto Chest of Drawers, 1 new\n\nTop drawer from chest of drawers.  Austrian (Vienna), 1899-1900, des. Adolf Loos\n\nSecond drawer from top from chest of drawers.  Austrian (Vienna), 1899-1900, des. Adolf Loos\n\nThird drawer from top from chest of drawers.  Austrian (Vienna), 1899-1900, des. Adolf Loos\n\nFourth drawer from top from chest of drawers.  Austrian (Vienna), 1899-1900, des. Adolf Loos","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Jervis, Simon: <i> Furniture Of About 1900 From Austria & Hungary In The Victoria & Albert Museum</i>, London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1987, no.15, p. 42, 43"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<i>Moderne Vergangenheit Wien 1800-1900</i>, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, 1981, p. 262, illus."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Rukschcio, Burkhardt & Schachel, Roland: <i>Adolf Loos</i>, Vienna, 1982, pp. 69-70, Plate 128 (colour), pp. 423-424."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<i>Traum und Wirklichkeit, Wien 1870-1930 </i>, Vienna, 1985, p. 440."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"CHEST OF DRAWERS\r\n\r\nW.19-1982\r\n\r\n'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900' \r\n\r\nThis chest was designed for the bedroom of the apartment of Gustav and Marie Turnowsky. It was probably made by the firm of Friedrich Otto Schmidt, who showed furniture for the apartment at the 1900/1901 Winter Exhibition of the Vienna Applied Arts Museum. Loos's pupil Heinrich Kulka (1900-1974) drew attention in 1931 to Loos's revival of panelled construction in this piece, in contrast to the specious designs of Hoffmann and Van de Velde.","date":{"text":"1987-2006","earliest":"1987-01-01","latest":"2006-12-31"}}],"partNumbers":["W.19:1-1982","W.19:2-1982","W.19:3-1982","W.19:4-1982","W.19:5-1982","W.19:6-1982"],"accessionNumberNum":"19","accessionNumberPrefix":"W","accessionYear":1982,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Chest of drawers","key","Chest of drawers (drawer) [1]","Chest of drawers (drawer) [2]","Chest of drawers (drawer) [3]","Chest of drawers (drawer) [4]"],"assets":["2019LV8876"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-12-08","recordCreationDate":"2001-06-26","availableToBook":true}}