Object Details
Designer
Felice Rix-Ueno, Austrian, 1893–1967, active Japan 1935–1967
Maker
Salubra-Werke A.G.
For
Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, Austria, 1903 – 1932
Description
Black ground. All-over asymmetrical fill lines in closely-spaced sprays suggesting grass, in yellow, green, light blue, metallic gold and silver. Ears of wheat worked in conforming to direction of sprays. Stylized multi-colored flowers, especially bright blue and reds; gray bugs, etc., scattered through. In each repeat five gray and silver bird shapes, asymmetrically placed, with head and tail plumage formed of sprays of gold lines over-crossed and blended with the fill lines.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. A.H. Jacobs
Date
1917–28
Accession Number
1967-14-1-a/f
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Wallcoverings
Object Name
Sidewall
Type
Sidewall
Medium
Machine-printed paper
Dimensions
L x W (a): 213.7 × 75.2 cm (7 ft. 1/8 in. × 29 5/8 in.)
L x W (b): 212.1 × 75.2 cm (6 ft. 11 1/2 in. × 29 5/8 in.)
L x W (d, roll): 203.8 × 74.9 cm (6 ft. 8 1/4 in. × 29 1/2 in.)
Repeat H: 100.3 cm (39 1/2 in.)
made in
Grenzach, Switzerland
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1967-14-1-a_f