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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, 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

10.2 × 15.9 cm (4 in. × 6 1/4 in.) Mat: 45.1 × 31.8 cm (17 3/4 × 12 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

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

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink, mid-sheet: Dessin: "Distel"

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, graphite on paper; 10.2 × 15.9 cm (4 in. × 6 1/4 in.) Mat: 45.1 × 31.8 cm (17 3/4 × 12 1/2 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds; 1988-62-95

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