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However, the simple rectiliniarity and geometric purity of this table were strikingly novel when it was designed and produced by the Wiener Werkstätte in the early 1900s. Punched sheet metal, as used here, could by then be mass-produced on an industrial scale for use in small-scale furniture. The austerity of the material served to emphasise the form and function of the furniture into which it was made. The Wiener Werkstätte produced various types of tables and <i>jardinères</i>, but more elaborate pieces were ocasionally made, too.","physicalDescription":"Smoking table of enamelled zinc, with an all-over pattern of small square holes, the four semi-circular pillar supports joined by a cross stretcher at floor level and supporting a circular top with a pierced gallery. 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They were used to illustrate articles by Jaumann (1905) and Lux (1908) in which the concept of a machine aesthetic was discussed. These tables were popular enough to be imitated by Beiszbarth & Hoffmann of Mannheim-Rheinau, who even employed Hoffmann's pupil, Otto Prutscher (1873 - 1959) as a designer. \r\nMany of the Wiener Werkstätte products were small and simple, exhibiting geometric purity and strong rectilinarity. However, more ambitious objects were attempted, for instance a table by Hoffmann incorporating a jardinière and supporting a bird cage which was illustrated in about 1909.\r\n\r\nA photograph in the Wiener Werkstätte records in the Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst (IX p.49, M 1408) shows this table model supporting small containers for cigars and cigarettes; according to the order book one unfinished table was made as a model for Clöter on February 2nd 1910, who supplied ten such tables, with glass tops, on October 12th 1910.","briefDescription":"Smoking table, designed by Josef Hoffmann, made by Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, 1910","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Jervis, Simon: <u> Furniture Of About 1900 From Austria & Hungary In The Victoria & Albert Museum</u>, London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1986, no.13, p. 38, 39"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Lux, Josef August: <u>Über Ingenieur-Ästhetik</u>, <u>Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration</u>, XXIII, 1908-1909, pp. 175-187, illus. similar wares."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<u>Deutsche Kunnst und Decoartion</u>, XXV, 1909-1910, p. 408, illus."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Schweiger, Werner J., <u> Wiener Werkstätte</u>, Vienna, 1982, p.28, illus."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<u>Moderne Vergangenheit, Wien 1800-1900,</u>, Künstlerhaus, Viennak, 1981, p. 319, illus. 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The light and airy workshops provided good working conditions and the company pioneered paid holidays.\r\n\r\nPunched metal plant pot \r\n1905–10\r\nDesigned by Koloman Moser \r\nMade by the Wiener Werkstätte, Austria-Hungary (now Austria) \r\nPierced and folded iron \r\nMuseum no. M.18-1982\r\n\r\nPunched metal table \r\n1910\r\nDesigned by Josef Hoffmann \r\nMade by the Wiener Werkstätte, Austria-Hungary (now Austria) \r\nEnameled and folded zinc \r\nMuseum no. M.8-1982\r\n\r\nCutlery set \r\n1907\r\nDesigned by Josef Hoffmann for the Cabaret Fledermaus \r\nMade by the Wiener Werkstätte, Austria-Hungary (now Austria) \r\nElectroplated nickel silver \r\nMuseum no. M.10 to F-1982\r\n\r\nThe object sits in the 'Automation and Labour' section of the Design 1900-Now gallery opened in June 2021.","date":{"text":"2021","earliest":"2021-01-01","latest":"2021-12-31"}}],"partNumbers":["M.8-1982"],"accessionNumberNum":"8","accessionNumberPrefix":"M","accessionYear":1982,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2021MV0689"],"recordModificationDate":"2026-05-13","recordCreationDate":"2003-09-30","availableToBook":false}}