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FELIX KAYSER (1892-1980), ATTRIBUTED TO Dining Suite
circa 1925
comprising four side chairs, two armchairs and an extending dining table with two extension leaves; solid and veneered walnut, upholstery, underside of one chair with pencil inscription 'HAUS Sounwarts'
each side chair height 37in (94cm); width 18in (46cm); depth 20in (51cm)
dining table height 31in (79cm); width excluding leaves 54 1/4in (138cm); depth 39in (99cm); each leave width 18 1/2in (47cm)
circa 1925
comprising four side chairs, two armchairs and an extending dining table with two extension leaves; solid and veneered walnut, upholstery, underside of one chair with pencil inscription 'HAUS Sounwarts'
each side chair height 37in (94cm); width 18in (46cm); depth 20in (51cm)
dining table height 31in (79cm); width excluding leaves 54 1/4in (138cm); depth 39in (99cm); each leave width 18 1/2in (47cm)
30 September 2025, 12:00 EDT
New YorkUS$12,000 - US$18,000
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FELIX KAYSER (1892-1980), ATTRIBUTED TO
Dining Suite
circa 1925
comprising four side chairs, two armchairs and an extending dining table with two extension leaves; solid and veneered walnut, upholstery, underside of one chair with pencil inscription 'HAUS Sounwarts'
each side chair height 37in (94cm); width 18in (46cm); depth 20in (51cm)
dining table height 31in (79cm); width excluding leaves 54 1/4in (138cm); depth 39in (99cm); each leave width 18 1/2in (47cm)
circa 1925
comprising four side chairs, two armchairs and an extending dining table with two extension leaves; solid and veneered walnut, upholstery, underside of one chair with pencil inscription 'HAUS Sounwarts'
each side chair height 37in (94cm); width 18in (46cm); depth 20in (51cm)
dining table height 31in (79cm); width excluding leaves 54 1/4in (138cm); depth 39in (99cm); each leave width 18 1/2in (47cm)
Footnotes
Felix Kayser, as an architect and designer, not only had a significant impact on the Goetheanum building and its driving principles but also expanded it in terms of interior design and set a design impulse with the characteristic furniture he had developed, 'Kayser furniture,' which was organic, anthroposophical, and deeply connected to the spaces it inhabited.
Kayser trained and practiced as an architect in Berlin, Munich and Dresden, prior to joining the Anthroposophical Society in 1920. He founded an architectural office in Stuttgart in 1927 and designed buildings, interiors, and furnishings in the Dornach style, including, that same year, a house in Stuttgart for Ernst Lehrs, fellow anthroposophist and science teacher at the first Waldorf School. Kayser anticipated that the design principles of his furniture, rooted as they were in Anthroposophy, could appeal to a more general audience who appreciated his lively organic design as a counterpoint to the sobriety of the then popular Bauhaus style. As such, he was successful in commercializing his furniture: between 1928 and 1933, Kayser created more than 200 designs for production by the Stuttgart company, Schiller-Möbel.
With his richly illustrated volume Architektonisches Gestalten ("Architectural Design"), published in Stuttgart in 1933, Felix Kayser gave an overview, for the first time, of the buildings and interiors of anthroposophically-oriented architects and designers. A suite of faceted dining furniture, made in Stuttgart in the late 1920s and attributed to Kayser, remained in the family of its original owners, Elisabeth and Carl Brestowski (who was active in the anthroposophical movement), until 2016.
Provenance
Elisabeth and Carl Bretowski
Thence by descent
Jason Jacques, New York (acquired from the above, 2016)