Pair of armchairs designed by Gustav Siegel, stained bent beech with leather seats. The frame with the original ‘Thonet’. Vienna c1900.

Dimensions: 79.5 H x seat 48w x 52d, seat height 48cm.

This model with legs in brass sleeves (ends) was exhibited at the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris in the space of J. & J. Kohn, where he was awarded the Grand Prix.
The successful design was Gebr. Thonet and other Austro-Hungarian bend wood furniture producers. It was also an inspiration for Otto Wagner for his armchair of dispatch offices of the newspaper 'Die Zeit' and the Vienna postal savings bank.

Reference:
Jirí Uhlír, Vom Wiener Stuhl zum ArchitektenmöBel, Köln 2009, S. 80;
Ausst. Kat. bentwood and Metal Furniture 1850-1946, Derek E. Ostergard Hrsg., The American Federation of Arts, New York 1987, Abb. S. 114, Nr. 4-45 u. S. 237, Nr. 38;
Herstellerkatalog J. & J. Kohn, Der Katalog von 1916, Nachdruck 1980, S. 40, Nr. 715 F.