Romulus (Dress or Furnishing Fabric)

Textiles

1928

Designed by Maria Likarz-Strauss (Austrian, 1893–1971)
Produced by the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna, active 1903–1932)
Austria, Vienna

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artist: Maria Likarz-Strauss (Designer)
Title: Romulus (Dress or Furnishing Fabric)
Place: Vienna (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1928
Medium: Silk, plain weave, screen printed
Inscriptions: Inscription (on selvage): Wiener Werkstätte
Dimensions: 49.3 × 95.3 cm (19 3/8 × 37 1/2 in.); Repeat: 36.7 × 31.8 cm (14 × 12 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Ralph P. Youngren
Reference Number: 1985.79

Mayer-Thurman, Christa C. Austrian & German Textiles from the Permanent Collection, 1900-1930. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1993.

Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Gift, Bequest and Purchase: A Selection of Textile Acquisitions from 1982–1987, Mar. 18–Aug. 14, 1989.
Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Austrian & German Textiles: 1900-1930 from the Permanent Collection, Jun. 5-Sep. 6, 1993.
Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Twenty Years of Textile Society Collecting (1978–1998), Dec. 20, 1997–Mar. 22, 1998.

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