Art Nouveau „Haberfeld Table“ by Adolf Loos from Friedrich Otto Schmidt, 1900s

Object: table
Design: Adolf Loos (Vienna, around 1902)
Model Number:-
Execution: Friedrich Otto Schmidt (Vienna, from 1902)
Dimensions in cm (H x DM): 72 x 88
Material: Solid mahogany (rosewood stained and finished with shellac), brass shoes, glass, fabric
Condition: very good
Provenance: Viennese private collection
Literature: The Interior, IV, Vienna 1903, p. 16 / Paths of Modernity – Josef Hoffmann, Adolf Loos and the Consequences, MAK, p. 127

Additional Information:
Adolf Loos designed the original model in 1902 for the seating area in the living room of the art historian and writer Dr. Hugo Haberfelds (Alserstraße 23, 1080 Vienna). Loos also designed another variant around 1902 for Dr. Otto and Auguste Stoessl (Auhofstraße 235, 1130 Vienna). Vienna’s most renowned art furniture carpentry workshop, Friedrich Otto Schmidt, which worked closely with Loos and made the tables for him, quickly recognized the demand for this design and was able to adapt and produce the design language, adapted to various customer requests, from 1902 onwards. This is how the rare (mostly) six-legged tables were created, which are called “À la Loos tables”