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1915	Work on this object began.
1925	Work on this object ended.
1999	We acquired this object.
2011	We photographed this object.
2015	We photographed this object.
2024	You found it!

Square (Austria)

This is a Square. It was manufactured by Wiener Werkstätte. It is dated ca. 1920 and we acquired it in 1999. Its medium is linen and its technique is bobbin lace. It is a part of the Textiles department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund.

The poster, when divided in half horizontally is a mirror image pattern with the words 'Spitzen der Wiener Werkstatte' in the center. At the top and bottom are left and right boxes of repeating black diamonds in straight lines. Dividing these two boxes is an image of three blooms with stems and branching leaves in the foreground and two blooms at the top corners, with a cracked pattern in the background, reminenscent of stained glass. This image is mirrored in reverse at the bottom of the poster. Solid triangle borders cover the top and bottom of the poster and it is signed at the bottom, D. Peche.

Poster, Spitzen der Wiener Werkstätte (Wiener Werkstätte Lacework)
lithograph on off-white paper.
Museum purchase through gift of George A. Hearn.
2002-19-1

Its dimensions are

H x W: 15.2 x 15.2 cm (6 x 6 in.)

Cite this object as

Square (Austria); Manufactured by Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); linen; H x W: 15.2 x 15.2 cm (6 x 6 in.); Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund; 1999-36-2

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DG5V/
Accession Number 1999-36-2
Object ID 18670485