Rara Biscuit Box by Josef Hoffmann for Wiener Werkstätte, 1905

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About This Piece

Vintage Design

RARE Cookie Box by JOSEF HOFFMANN - Wiener Werkstätte - Vienna c. 1905
Brass and crystal box, attributed to Josef Hoffmann, ca. 1905.
A work in the canonical style of the Vienna Secession, an example of the geometric design of the Wiener Werkstätte. The object combines functionality and miniaturized architecture, embodying Hoffmann's ideal of "total beauty."
The work is characterized by rigorous geometry and an aesthetic based on the principle of the square, a hallmark of Hoffmann. The rational use of the square grid, rendered here through regular openings in the brass plate, recalls the architectural decoration and modular language of his creations for the Wiener Werkstätte.
The contrast between warm metal and transparent glass is often found in his boxes, trays, and candlesticks created around 1904–1906. The blown or ground glass lid with a pyramidal top accentuates the architectural effect, transforming the box almost into a “miniature of a modern building” — a theme dear to Hoffmann, as seen in the designs for the Palais Stoclet (1905–1911).

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Creator	Josef Hoffmann
Design Period	1890 to 1919
Year	1905
Production Period	1890 to 1919
Country of Manufacture	Austria
Identifying Marks	This piece is attributed to the above-mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark
Style	Vienna Secession
Detailed Condition	Excellent — This vintage/antique piece is in near original condition. It may show minimal traces of use and/or have slight restorations.
Product Code	QJO-2507014
Restoration and Damage Details	20 x 14 cm - h 18 cm
Materials	Brass, Glass
Color	Blonde, Clear
Width	20 cm 20 cm
Depth	14 cm 14 cm
Height	18 cm 18 cm

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About the Creator

Josef Hoffmann

Architect-designer Josef Hoffmann was born in 1870 in Prinitz, Moravia (now Brtnice, the Czech Republic). He studied architecture at the Senior State Commercial and Technical School in Brünn (now Brno, Czech Republic). After a year of practice in Würzburg, Germany, he moved to Vienna, the city where he would remain for the rest of his life. He enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts there, and, between 1892 and 1895, studied under both Karl von Hasenauer and Otto Wagner. From 1896 to 1897, he worked in Wagner’s Vienna studio. He also became one of the founding members of the Vienna Secession, a group of artists (including Gustav Klimt, Carl Moll, and others) who favored a modern, experimental approach to the arts. Hoffman’s contributions to several Secession exhibition installations, all influenced by the Art Nouveau-Jugendstil style, helped establish his name. In 1899, he was appointed a professor at Vienna’s Kunstgewerbeschule, a position he held until his retirement in 1936. He taught in the school’s architecture, metalwork, enamel, and applied art departments.

Around 1900, Hoffmann became a proponent of the Gesamtkunstwerk (or total work of art) approach, exemplified through unified architecture and interior design, with an emphasis on craftsmanship. He was cofounder and co-artistic director, alongside Koloman Moser, for the new Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops) beginning in 1903. In 1905, he left the Secession, and received the commission to design the Palais Stoclet in Brussels. Completed in 1911, the Stoclet was arguably Hoffmann’s most important architectural project.

Throughout his prolific 50-year career, Hoffmann designed everything from textiles to furniture, fashion, jewelry, exhibitions, and buildings for prestigious clients like Lobmeyr and Lötz. Later in his life, he focused primarily on housing projects. Aesthetically, his work evolved from Jugendstil to more minimal, geometric forms and then on toward neoclassicism.

He died in Vienna in 1956.