Designed by Josef Hoffmann
Austrian, 1870–1956
Produced by the Wiener Werkstätte, 1903–1932
Austria, Vienna

Panel Entitled "Santa Sofia", 1910/12

Silk and cotton, plain weave; screen printed
135.7 x 114.6 cm (53 3/8 x 45 1/8 in.)
Repeat: 37.4 x 24.1 cm (14 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.)
Gift of Robert Allerton, 1924.217

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, "Masterpieces of Western Textiles," January 25–March 2, 1969

The Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery, "Printed Fabrics from the Permanent Collection," August 8, 1981–January 31, 1982

The Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery, "A Selection of Fabrics from the 1880s–1940s from the Permanent Collection," November 13, 1982–February 15, 1983

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "Designed by the Yard: 20th Century Pattern Repeats," February 28, 1990–June 25, 1990

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "Textile Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago's Collection," February 17–May 2, 1993

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "Austrian and German Textiles: 1900-1930 from the Permanent Collection," June 5–September 6, 1993

Publication History

Christa Charlotte Mayer. Masterpieces of Western Textiles from The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1969), p. 216, no. 171.

Else Regensteiner. Geometric Design in Weaving (West Chester: Pennsylvania, 1986).

Christa C. Mayer Thurman. Textiles in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1992), p. 120 (Illus.), 124, 148.

The Art Institute of Chicago: The Essential Guide. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1993. p. 239 (Illus.).