Max Snischek
"Elfenbein" Textile

"Elfenbein" Textile
"Elfenbein" Textile
DesignerAustrian, 1891–1968
ManufacturerAustrian, active 1903–1932
CultureAustrian
Titles
  • "Elfenbein" Textile
  • "Ivory" Textile
DateDesigned 1927, manufactured 1928–1932
PlaceAustria
MediumBlock-printed cotton
DimensionsOverall: 82 1/2 × 50in. (209.6 × 127cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Jeffrey A. Shankman
Object number2000.204
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance[Historical Design, Inc., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2000.
Exhibition HistoryDefining Modern: European Design 1890-1935, MFA,H, Andrews Gallery, 8/26/01 - 11/11/01, Curator: C. Strauss

"Recent Accessions in Modern and Contemporary Design", MFA,H, Alice Pratt Brown Garden Gallery, August 27, 2005 - March 5, 2006.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped repeatedly along the salvege: "WIENER WERKSTÄTTE"

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Overall
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Ensign
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c. 1953
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Polaroid from object file
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c. 1950–1975
Printed cotton
94.704
Panel
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c. 1972–1978
Printed rayon
2023.162
Polaroid from object file
Henri Matisse
Designed 1949, manufactured 1951
Wool, cotton, and jute, edition 433/500
55.95
"Carnavalet" textile length
Fortuny
c. 1950–1975
Printed cotton
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Polaroid from object file
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c.1950–1975
Printed cotton
94.703
Siena
Alvar Aalto
1954
Printed cotton
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77.374
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1967
Screen-printed synthetic
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