Napkin Holder

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Designer Marianne Brandt (German, 1893–1983)German, 1893–1983

ManufacturerManufactured by Ruppelwerk Metallwarenfabrik(German, active 1870–1938)German, active 1870–1938

CultureGerman

Titles

Napkin Holder

Date1930

Manufactured inGotha, Germany

MediumNickel-plated brass and glass

Dimensions5 1/4 × 8 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (13.3 × 22.2 × 3.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Design Council, 2016

Object number2016.115

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Special Collections

Design Council Collection

Object Type

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

ProvenancePrivate collection; [Galerie Ulrich Fiedler, Berlin]; [Stephen Friedman Gallery, London]; purchased by MFAH, 2016.

Published References "Die Metall Werkstatt Am Bauhaus." Berlin: Ausstellung im Bauhaus-Archiv Museum fur Gestaltung, 1992. Brockhage, Hans and Reinhold Lindner. "Marianne Brandt: 'Hab' ich je an kunst gedacht'." Chemitz, Germany: Chemitzer Verlag, 2001. Otto, Elizabeth. "Tempo, Tempo! The Photomontages of Marianne Brandt." Berlin: Jovis, 2005. Norton, Deborah. “The Bauhaus Metal Workshop,” Metalsmith Magazine 7, no. 1 (December 1987): 40-45. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

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