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1916

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1918

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Drawing, Textile Design: Blattpflanze (Foliate Plant), 1916–18

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Wilhelm Foltin and made for Wiener Werkstätte. It is dated 1916–18 and we acquired it in 1988. Its medium is brush and gouache on cream illustration board. 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

7.9 x 21.6 cm (3 1/8 x 8 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in red ink, lower left: WIENER / WERKE / STÄTTE; inscribed in blue crayon, upper right: 52

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Blattpflanze (Foliate Plant), 1916–18; Designed by Wilhelm Foltin (Austrian, 1890–1944); Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); Austria; brush and gouache on cream illustration board; 7.9 x 21.6 cm (3 1/8 x 8 1/2 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds; 1988-62-138

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