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Drawing, Textile Design: Flims

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Max Snischek and made for Wiener Werkstätte. It is dated 1928 and we acquired it in 1988. Its medium is brush and gouache on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds.

Its dimensions are

21 × 6.4 cm (8 1/4 × 2 1/2 in.) Mat: 55.9 × 40.6 cm (22 × 16 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Flims; Designed by Max Snischek (Austrian, 1891 – 1968); Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); brush and gouache on paper; 21 × 6.4 cm (8 1/4 × 2 1/2 in.) Mat: 55.9 × 40.6 cm (22 × 16 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds; 1988-62-1259

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