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1910

  • Work on this object began.

1917

  • Work on this object ended.

1988

  • We acquired this object.

2015

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Drawing, Textile Design: Distel (Thistle)

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Mathilde Flögl and made for Wiener Werkstätte. It is dated 1910–17 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

6.4 × 20.3 cm (2 1/2 in. × 8 in.) Mat: 31.4 × 44.1 cm (12 3/8 × 17 3/8 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed in blue crayon, upper right: 30

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Distel (Thistle); Designed by Mathilde Flögl (Austrian, b. Czech Republic, 1893 - 1950); Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); brush and gouache on paper; 6.4 × 20.3 cm (2 1/2 in. × 8 in.) Mat: 31.4 × 44.1 cm (12 3/8 × 17 3/8 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds; 1988-62-86

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