"Drop" Bookends #4636
Werkstätte Carl Auböck

Description:

A pair of new sand cast brass bookends from the legendary Vienna workshop, Werkstätte Carl Auböck. 

Originally designed by Carl Auböck II during the late 1940s the bookends are today made by his grandson and great-grandson -Carl Auböck IV and V, respectively. The Carl's operate from the very same workshop in central Vienna and the bookends are cast from the same positive mould from which they have always been cast. Each bookend has been meticulously hand finished which results in the objects being brilliantly tactile. 

A form of solid, cast brass, the "Drop" bookends are some of the heavier bookends produced by the workshop. The weight of the "Drop", paired with its pebble-like shape which sits perfectly within the palm of the hand , gives the design a reassuring sense of solidity and permanence. Like many Auböck designs, the design of the "Drop" bookends have an almost "found" quality, enhanced by the roughened, patinated exterior evocative of tumbled sea-glass or stone. 

Specifications:

Height: 9cm