Textile Design: Berggeist (Mountain Sprite)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Designer
Max Snischek, Austrian, 1891 – 1968
For
Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, Austria, 1903 – 1932
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
On gray ground, partial view of geometric pattern with overlapping vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines in pale green and shades of brown.
Credit Line
Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds
1924
Accession Number
1988-62-1180
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
textile designs
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Brush and gouache on paper
Dimensions
20.3 × 5.7 cm (8 in. × 2 1/4 in.)
Mat: 31.8 × 45.7 cm (12 1/2 in. × 18 in.)
made in
Vienna, Austria
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1988-62-1180
Metadata Usage (text)
Not determined
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4e537e5b6-4f72-459d-b9e4-0aaab46fe50f
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