Designed by Elisabeth Raab
German, born 1904
Printed and produced by Deutsche Werkstätten GmbH., founded 1898
Germany, Munich

Panel Entitled "Frucht Korb" (Fruit Basket), 1920/27

Linen, plain weave; block printed
205.4 x 127.2 cm (80 7/8 x 50 in.)
Repeat: 56.5 x 62.1 cm (22 1/4 x 24 3/8 in.)
Gift of Robert Allerton, 1927.777

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

Publication History

Christa Charlotte Mayer. Masterpieces of Western Textiles from The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1969), p. 215, no. 170.

Christa C. Mayer Thurman. Textiles in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1992), pp. 127-128, 149.

Athena Robbins. "Recent Acquisitions of the Art Institute of Chicago." Good Furniture, Vol XXXII,
no. 2, pp. 281-4.

Otto Charles Thieme. Avant Garde by the Yard: Cutting Edge Textile Design, 1880–1930 (Cincinnati: Cincinnati Art Museum, 1996), pp. 34 (illustration), 59. 65.




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