Paul Kafka (1907 – 1972) Art Deco Sideboard Bust before Thonet voluntarily waived patent

before Thonet voluntarily waived patent rights in 1869

he lived and worked as an artist far away from his birthplace on the Northern Territory and Western Australia border

A Northern European Mahogany Buffet A Deux Corps

Height: 36 Width: 76cm

Height: 81cm Width: 210cm Depth: 36cm

Paul Kafka (1907 – 1972) Art Deco Sideboard Bust before Thonet voluntarily waived patentPaul Kafka is one of the most significant furniture makers to have worked in Sydney in the immediate post war period. Born in Vienna in 1907, the son of a Viennese furniture maker, he worked in his father's factory and later studied furniture design and interior decoration at the Academy of Arts in Vienna. In 1939 Kafka and his wife emigrated to Australia and established a furniture making factory, first in Elizabeth Street, Sydney and by the late