#werkstatte

Crystal Ellis Collection

Vintage Hagenauer Werkstatte Art Deco nickel plated sculpture inspired by Felix the Cat?

CARL AUBÖCK, The Designer & Craftsman, an interview with Carl Auböck III of his same named grandfather and his work. Featured here a pair of Patina Quest Bookends of solid brass (Austria, c.1950). Manufactured by Werkstatte Carl Auböck. / Youtube

Envelope opener, handmade in Vienna, from the Fuhrmann Workshop, found on Ebay.

Antique sculpture by Austrian sculptor Karl Hagenauer (1898-1956), with rotating head. Extremely rare, from the Werkstatte era. Every so often, one pops up on Ebay. 

The Sitzmaschine by Josef Hoffmann c1905-16 (own photo)

Notebook, #021

"The Werkstätte Carl Auböck was founded in the 19th century—one of many workshops in Vienna specializing in bronze-casting. However, Carl Auböck II was one of the very few Viennese students who attended the Bauhaus in post-World War I Weimar, and when he returned to the Workshop he brought inspiration from this new design movement. Expert craftsmanship and superior quality materials such as hand-sewn leather, polished bronze, and various woods became the signature of the Bauhaus-inspired Auböck Workshop..."