#sitzmaschine

[charmingogh]

Sitzmaschine no. 670 (with adjustable back)

*Sitzmaschine "machine for sitting"

Josef Hoffmann

1905.

[vienna-city]

josef hoffmann. leopold museum. wien.

[aaiax-blog]

Sitzmaschine (1905) Josef Hoffmann  (1870-1956) Jacob & Joseph Kohn (1905-1956)

The Sitzmachine, or Sitting Machine, was designed by the leading viennese designer of the early twentieth century, Josef Hoffman. Every Part of this chair was designed to tell us that it was machine made and that, in fact, we are to regard it as a machine itself. The mechanical impression is achieved through the absence of any historical or traditional decorations. Geometry and the play of lines, curves and planes, solids and voids, appear to govern the form of the chair. 

(Extract from The Design Book, Phaidon Press Limited)

[kaymacgee]

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

[scandinaviancollectors]

JOSEF HOFFMANN, Nr.670 (Sitzmaschine), 1905. Manufactured by Jacob & Josef Kohn, Vienna. Material bent beechwood, turned wood, plywood and brass.

[asaintcloudipark]

A MACHINE FOR SITTING.

Sitzmaschine, model #670

Designed by Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956)

Manufactured by J.& J. Kohn, Austria, ca. 1905.

Viewed as one of the foremost architects and designers of the twentieth century, Josef Hofmann created the Sitzmaschine, or "machine for sitting". During the early twentieth century, reclining chairs were used in treating patients with tuberculosis. The Sitzmaschine is considered the first modernist "cure chair."

Images here + here