Wiener Secession Seating Set by Otto Wagner for Mundus Austria, 1903, Set of 3

About This Piece

Vintage Design

Rare seating set designed by the influential architect Otto Wagner in 1903.
This set is manufactured by Mundus ca. 1910-1915. Marked underneath the seats with the Mundus stamp.
Otto Wagner was one of the founders of the Wiener Secession and the teacher of Josef Hoffmann, Kolomon Moser and Rudolph Schindler, among others. He was very important for the birth of 20th-century modernism.
The chairs were originally designed for the famous Austrian Postsparkasse in Vienna in 1903. Several variations were designed for different areas in the building.
The set consists of a settee and two chairs. The whole set is recently reupholstered with a beautiful Secession fabric, that fits the set perfectly. Also the foam has been renewed.
The frames are made of stained bent beech wood.
The set is sturdy and the wood has no damages. The settee is in very good condition. The frames of the two chairs are somehow slightly deformed. which you can see when you have a good look at them, especially when the chairs are standing next to each other (for example photo 7). Because of this one chair has received a tiny restoration. Nothing to be worried about.

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Creator	Otto Wagner
Manufacturer	Mundus
Design Period	1890 to 1919
Production Period	1890 to 1919
Country of Manufacture	Austria
Identifying Marks	This piece has an attribution mark
Style	Vienna Secession
Detailed Condition	Good — This vintage/antique item may have some wear such as scratches and other signs of ageing.
Restoration and Damage Details	Light wear consistent with age and use, Partially restored
SKU	BPT-1749721
Materials	Beech, Fabric
Color	Brown
Width	57 cm 57 cm
Depth	60 cm 60 cm
Height	82 cm 82 cm
Seat Height	48 cm

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Front Door Delivery: (Included in Every Order)	A skilled driver will unload the item(s) from the delivery truck and bring it to your building’s doorstep. You will be responsible for further transport beyond that point. We recommend asking a family member or friend for an extra hand; alternatively, you may upgrade to In-Home Delivery (see below). The delivery partner will email and/or call you at least one day in advance to arrange a delivery time. A wooden crate may be used for intercontinental shipments for maximum protection. Item will be left in its packaging after delivery. A signature will be required upon delivery.
In-Home Delivery: (For in-home delivery service, additional fees apply. Please get in touch)	A skilled driver or a team of two will bring your item(s) inside your home and place it in the immediate entryway. For unusually large or heavy items, we recommend asking a family member or friend for an extra hand, as we cannot send more than 2 drivers. The delivery partner will email and/or call you one day in advance to arrange a delivery time. A wooden crate may be used for intercontinental shipments for maximum protection. Item will be left in its packaging after delivery. A signature will be required upon delivery.

Front Door Delivery:
(Included in Every Order)

A skilled driver will unload the item(s) from the delivery truck and bring it to your building’s doorstep. You will be responsible for further transport beyond that point. We recommend asking a family member or friend for an extra hand; alternatively, you may upgrade to In-Home Delivery (see below).
The delivery partner will email and/or call you at least one day in advance to arrange a delivery time.
A wooden crate may be used for intercontinental shipments for maximum protection.
Item will be left in its packaging after delivery.
A signature will be required upon delivery.

In-Home Delivery:
(For in-home delivery service, additional fees apply. Please get in touch)

A skilled driver or a team of two will bring your item(s) inside your home and place it in the immediate entryway. For unusually large or heavy items, we recommend asking a family member or friend for an extra hand, as we cannot send more than 2 drivers.
The delivery partner will email and/or call you one day in advance to arrange a delivery time.
A wooden crate may be used for intercontinental shipments for maximum protection.
Item will be left in its packaging after delivery.
A signature will be required upon delivery.

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About the Creator

Otto Wagner

An early pioneer of modernism, Otto Koloman Wagner was born in 1841 in Vienna. At the age of 16, he began his architectural studies at the Technical University in Vienna. After returning from a six-month stint studying architecture in Berlin, he enrolled in Vienna’s Academy of Fine Arts under architect August von Siccarsburg and Eduard van der Nüll—both of whom are credited with designing the Vienna Opera House.

In 1886, Wagner constructed a summer residence known as Villa I in Vienna. The building features a clean, modernist silhouette adorned with exuberant and rich details. With an interest in urban planning, Wagner designed a new city plan for Vienna in 1890. However, his Statbahn, including the now famous Karlsplatz Station, was the only design that was realized. Other notable buildings include the Majolica House (1898) and the Church of St. Leopold (1903-7) in the Steinhof Psychiatric Hospital in Vienna.

In 1896, he published Modern Architecture—inspired from his inaugural lecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna two years prior—which advocated for the abandonment of 19th-century, "Belle Epoque" eclecticism in favor of a forward-facing attitude in line with modern lifestyles. Often viewed as a battle cry, Wagner had declared war on traditional, historical architectural aesthetics. His book outlines a design approach that has become synonymous with 20th-century practice, while simultaneously launching Wagner into a leadership position among the avant-garde of fin de siècle Vienna.

Anticipating the trajectory of the modern movement, Wagner’s designs harmonious synthesize form and function. Respected by high-society, Wagner’s new aesthetic was met with anger by some of his contemporaries who found his pared-back use of ornamentation to be far too austere. The Österreichische Postsparkasse, or Austrian Postal Savings Bank, (1904) is arguably Wagner’s most well known building. An excellent example of his brand of minimalistic, neoclassicism, the building took nearly a decade to plan, design, and build. The architecturally clean style of the façade is decorated only with iron studs.

Wagner passed away in 1918 in Vienna, but he forever changed the architectural landscape of Vienna and left behind a legacy that inspired many worldwide. He—along with other pioneers of modernism like Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Adolf Loos, Louis Sullivan, and Frank Lloyd Wright—forged a new path that changed the course of design history.