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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