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In 1906, Portois & Fix celebrated its 25th anniversary with an impressive participation in the ‘Austrian Decorative Arts’ exhibition at the Sloan Square exhibition centre in London. In the exhibition catalogue ‘Imperial Royal Austrian Exhibition’ Vienna-London, a ‘Smoking Room’ is presented, which shows, among other things, the desk and the accompanying armchair - art furniture that still inspires today as an expression of the elegant design of the era.
The Portois & Fix company became known as an excellent furniture manufacturer in Vienna around 1900. It produced designs by Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser and others. This magnificent desk is characterised by the fruitwood inlays designed by Josef Hoffmann in 1901, the exquisite workmanship and the elegant appearance. The lock of the centre drawer bears the stamp ‘Portois & Fix Wien’. A small brass plaque with the model number is also attached under the armchair. All the fittings on the desk are original. Particularly exciting: this desk was equipped with a letter slide in the front drawer of the desk as well as a patent master lock.
Desk with armchair, Robert Fix (design), Josef Hoffmann (marquetry), Portois and Fix (execution), marked, ca. 1901
seat height 82.5 x width 56 x total depth 58 x seat width 41 x seat depth 45 cm
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We are happy to organise insured shipping worldwide. We sell our art objects to collectors in Europe, but also in the USA, Asia, the Middle East and as far as Australia. We organize the shipping for you and pack the art objects carefully and professionally.
The objects are fully insured during transport and unpacking at our expense. When shipping with our preferred logistics partner FedEX, we will take care of all customs formalities required for export and import, if necessary. Our large objects willl be shipped by professional transporters from our world wide spanning network.
