Description
Coat Rack by Adolf Loos designed for Café Capua, Vienna
Austria, c1913
A rare cast iron and brass coat rack designed by Adolf Loos in 1913 for the Viennese Café Capua. Characterized by its minimal form and practical elegance, the piece reflects Loos’s functionalist approach to design.
Height: 79.25″ Diameter: 19″
16 1/4″ x 15 1/4″ base
Condition:
One large bend and hairline crack to one support. Surface scratches and general wear consistent with age and use.
Literature:
Gravagnuolo, Adolf Loos: Theory and Works, Art Data, 1995, p. 153
Ottillinger, Adolf Loos, Wohnkonzepte und Möbelentwürfe, Residenzverlag, 1994, p. 131 (interior model)
