Sitzmaschine armchair

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The Sitzmaschine armchair is an iconic early 20th-century Viennese modernist wooden lounge chair, notable for its adjustable reclining mechanism and geometric, minimalist design.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armchair
furniture design
associatedWith Wiener Werkstätte aesthetics
category Austrian furniture design classics
iconic chair designs
color typically stained dark brown
countryOfOrigin Austria
depicts no figurative ornamentation
designedIn Vienna NERFINISHED
designer Josef Hoffmann NERFINISHED
designPrinciple clarity of structure
functionalism
visible joinery
feature adjustable reclining mechanism
adjustable seat angle
exposed structural elements
projecting armrests
side-mounted adjustment pegs
slatted backrest
wooden runners
genre early 20th-century furniture
hasPart adjustable backrest
armrests
seat frame
side rails with holes for adjustment
wooden pegs for reclining positions
inception circa 1905
inCollection MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna NERFINISHED
Museum of Modern Art, New York NERFINISHED
various design museums worldwide
influencedBy Arts and Crafts movement NERFINISHED
Secessionist architecture NERFINISHED
manufacturer Jacob & Josef Kohn NERFINISHED
material bentwood
caning
wood
movement Vienna Secession NERFINISHED
Viennese Modernism NERFINISHED
notableFor fusion of craft and industrial production
innovative adjustable reclining system
reduction of ornament
rigorous geometric composition
period early 20th century
style geometric
minimalist
modernist
usedFor lounging
seating

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Josef Hoffmann notableWork Sitzmaschine armchair