Fledermaus chair

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The Fledermaus chair is an iconic early 20th-century bentwood chair designed by Austrian architect Josef Hoffmann for Vienna’s Cabaret Fledermaus, exemplifying the clean lines and geometric elegance of the Wiener Werkstätte movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bentwood chair
chair
furniture design
associatedArtMovement Vienna Secession
associatedWith Cabaret Fledermaus
Josef Hoffmann
Wiener Werkstätte
color typically dark stained wood
countryOfOrigin Austria
culturalSignificance iconic example of Wiener Werkstätte furniture
representative of Viennese early 20th-century design
designedBy Austrian architect Josef Hoffmann
linked to: Josef Hoffmann
designedFor Cabaret Fledermaus
public entertainment venue
designedForUseIn cabaret interior
designer Josef Hoffmann
era early modernism
genre modern furniture
hasDesignCharacteristic emphasis on geometry
minimal ornamentation
refined proportions
hasDesignGoal unity of interior architecture and furniture
hasDesignLanguage linear and geometric forms
hasInfluenceOn later modernist furniture design
hasPart curved backrest
round seat
slender legs
inception early 20th century
influencedBy Secessionist design principles
intendedFunction comfortable yet visually light seating
locationOfFirstUse Vienna
material bentwood
movement Wiener Werkstätte
notableAs icon of Austrian design history
notableFeature clean lines
geometric elegance
partOf interior scheme of Cabaret Fledermaus
period early 1900s
placeOfDesign Vienna, Austria
linked to: Vienna
productionTechnique steam-bent wood
style Viennese Modernism
linked to: Vienna Secession
use seating

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