Flower Basket

Designed by: Josef Hoffmann (Austrian (born in Pirnitz, Moravia), 1870–1956)
Manufactured by: Wiener Werkstätte (1903–1932)

Austrian (Vienna)

1906–13

Object Place: Europe, Vienna, Austria

Medium/Technique Painted metal

Dimensions 69.8 x 30.4 cm (27 1/2 x 11 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of the Estate of Mrs. Gertrude T. Taft, Gift of Edward Perry Warren, Gift of Alex Cochrane, Anonymous gift, Gift of Charles Greely Loring, and Estate of Mrs. William Dorr Boardman through Gift of Mrs. Bernard C. Weld, by exchange

Accession Number1994.238

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope

ClassificationsMetalwork

DescriptionMetal flower basket with off white enamel surface and open screenwork decoration. A three component object with a long rectangle in the center, flanked by two taller cylinders from which rises a tall rectangular shaped handle. Circular drain holes are in the center of each of the three elements. Blue-gray paint on underside of base.

Provenance1994, sold by Historical Design Collection, Inc., New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 26, 1994)