Made for
The Kapsa Villa, Prague
Year
1930
Material
Mahogany, silk velvet
Dimensions
H. 72 x W. 78 x D. 116 cm
Executed by
Vereinigte U.P. Werke, Bruno, Czechoslovakia
Similar piece
Neue Galerie, New-York
Zednicek, W., Adolf Loos Pläne und Schriften, Vienne, 2004, P. 99, 171
‘Adolf Loos-Villen’, Album Verlag, 2001, P. 97, 98
van Duzer. L., Villa Müller – A work of Adolf Loos, Princeton Architectural Press, 1994, P. 12-13, 31
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Brandstätter. C, Gregori. D, Metzger. R., Vienna 1900 Complete, Thames And Udson, New-York 2018, P. 484
Adolf Loos developed the « Knieschwimmer » lounge chair on the model of an easy chair produced by the London firm Hampton & Sons. This example comes from the house in Prague designed by Loos for Ludimir Kapsa, the joint owner of Kapsa & Müller, for whose partner, Frantisek Müller, Adolf Loos had built the famous Villa Müller in Prague in 1928/30.
Archive pictures of the Kapsa Villa and the Müller Villa, Prague
Kapsa Villa, Prague
Kapsa Villa, Prague
Müller Villa, Prague
Müller Villa, Prague