Krone (Crown) (Dress or Furnishing Fabric)

INV-1199

Designed by Dagobert Peche (Austrian, 1887–1923) Produced by the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna, active 1903–1932) Vienna, Austria

1919

Modernismwiener werkstätteArt Nouveautextileweaving - printed

Date

1919

Medium

Silk, plain weave; block printed

Dimensions

138.5 × 93.4 cm (54 1/2 × 36 3/4 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of Robert Allerton

Like a number of Peche's other patterns, Krone effectively combines two of the artist's favorite visual themes—the ombré effect of stripes of color and the fine line drawing of floral forms, here placed in the lightest zone of the stripes.

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