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1927

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1988

  • We acquired this object.

2015

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Drawing, Textile Design: Mantua

This is a Drawing. It was made for Wiener Werkstätte. It is dated 1927 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

19.4 × 5.7 cm (7 5/8 × 2 1/4 in.) Mat: 45.7 × 29.5 cm (18 in. × 11 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink, upper left: MANTUA; in blue crayon, upper right: 337

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Mantua; Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); brush and gouache on paper; 19.4 × 5.7 cm (7 5/8 × 2 1/4 in.) Mat: 45.7 × 29.5 cm (18 in. × 11 5/8 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds; 1988-62-509

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