Upholstery Fabric
Kunstgewerbeschule Wien
1892–1912
- Medium
- Linen, plain weave; block printed
- Dimensions
- 105.3 × 70.7 cm (41 1/2 × 27 7/8 in.); Repeat: 6 × 2 cm (2 3/8 × 3/4 in.)
- Genre
- weaving - printed
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
block printingModernismlinengeometriccirclesweaving - printedtrianglesTextileweavinggeometric motiflinesprinted textileplain weaving
About
Vienna’s Kunstgewerbeschule, or School of Applied Arts, had many distinguished professors, including Weiner Werkstätte (Vienna Workshop) founder Josef Hoffman (Austrian, 1870–1956). During Hoffmann’s early years of teaching, his own work became increasingly geometric, and this fabric’s design of small triangles punctuated by circles and straight lines reflects his influence.
