However this chair is marked on the underside inside rim with the faint writing j j kohn.
J j kohn bentwood chair value.
I have 8 of these kohn mundus chairs i picked up for 75.
Much was produced for export to america.
Hundreds and hundreds of bentwood pieces of furniture were shipped to america during the late 19th century.
Well a current market value on this.
By tracey 6 years ago on identify antique furniture.
Kohn was an austrian furniture maker and interior designer in vienna.
We are delighted to this lovely and extremely rare original jacob josef bentwood bergère rattan bench jacob josef kohn also known as j.
The maker of your chair is j j kohn with a k that s jacob josef kohn of austria well known makers of bentwood furniture.
This was made sometime between when kohn mundus merged in 1914 and 1923 when they merged with thonet.
One label clearly reads j j kohn mundus bentwood 25 27 west 32nd street new york ny.
Kohn and thonet were austrian competitors around the same period so this is not surprising.
John and mundus inc.
This chair is strikingly similar to the thonet no.
Kohn would later rise to become one of the leading furniture makers in austria hungary becoming one of the leading competitors of gebrüder thonet kohn worked together with artists of the wiener.
It also has j kohn wsetin and a label very hard to read that says made in czechoslovakia.
Value of chair j.
Jacob kohn together with his son josef kohn founded the enterprise in 1849.
This lovely jacob and josef cane and bent beechwood chair delights with its simple yet elegant lines.