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1916

  • Work on this object began.

1919

  • Work on this object ended.

1988

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Drawing, Textile Design: Quadern (Ashlars)

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Valerie Wieselthier and made for Wiener Werkstätte. It is dated 1916–19 and we acquired it in 1988. Its medium is brush and gouache, graphite 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

6.4 x 20.5 cm (2 1/2 x 8 1/16 in. )

It has the following markings

Stamped in red ink, lower right: WIENER / WERK / STÄTTE

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink on mat, lower right: Dessin: "Qiaderm"; in blue crayon, upper right: 15

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Quadern (Ashlars); Designed by Valerie Wieselthier (Austrian, 1895–1945); Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); brush and gouache, graphite on paper; 6.4 x 20.5 cm (2 1/2 x 8 1/16 in. ); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds; 1988-62-1318

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