This model featuring legs with brass ends was exhibited at the 1900 world exhibition in paris in the space of j. & j. Kohn, where it was awarded the grand prix. The successful design was imitated not only internally by the firm kohn, but also by thonet and other austro-hungarian bentwood furniture producers. It was also an inspiration for otto wagner for his armchair of dispatch offices of the newspaper 'die zeit' and the vienna postal savings bank. - armchair model no. 715 by gustav siegel for kohn - brown stained beech bentwood - j. & j. Kohn / teschen-austria punch mark imprinted by maker,i have official proof of authenticity such as vintage catalogs, designer records, or other literature sources and take full responsibility for any authenticity issues arising from misattribution