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Drawing, Design for Embroidery

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Dagobert Peche and workshop of Wiener Werkstätte. It is dated 1921 and we acquired it in 2019. Its medium is graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Andrew van Styn. It is credited Gift of Andrew Van Styn from the estate of Don Magner.

Its dimensions are

43.8 × 59.7 cm (17 1/4 × 23 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Recto, inscribed in purple pencil: Herr Direktor Breder bei Leipziger Messe August 21. Herrn Fler besprochen und Skizzen übergeben oval oder rund

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Embroidery; Designed by Dagobert Peche (Austrian, 1887–1923, active Vienna, 1911–1923); Workshop of Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); graphite on paper; 43.8 × 59.7 cm (17 1/4 × 23 1/2 in.); Gift of Andrew Van Styn from the estate of Don Magner; 2019-28-145

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