About This Artwork

Designed by Julius Zimpel
Austrian, 1896–1925
Produced by the Wiener Werkstätte, 1903–1932
Austria, Vienna

Five Study Fragments Entitled "Kanton", 1925

Cotton and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, satin weave self-patterned by reversing of faces and by areas of diamond twill weave; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment
.138: 3.5 x 18.1 cm (1 3/8 x 7 1/8 in.)
.139: 3 x 18 cm (1 1/8 x 7 1/8 in.)
.140: 3.5 x 15.3 cm (1 3/8 x 6 in.)
.141: 3.5 x 14.3 cm (1 3/8 x 5 5/8 in.)
.142: 6.5 x 8.8 cm (2 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.)
Robert Allerton Endowment, 1991.83.138-142




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