Panel (Dress or Furnishing Fabric)

Textiles

c. 1925

Designed by Josef Hillerbrand (German, 1892–1981)
Produced by Deutsche Werkstätten AG (Founded 1913)
Germany, Dresden or Munich

The most important figure at the Deutsche Werkstätten after 1922 was Josef Hillerbrand. He taught at the State school of Applied Art in Munich and became an active member of the workshop at the same time. Trained as an architect and mural painter, Hillerbrand came to focus on pattern design in many media, including textiles and wallpaper. He was influenced particularly by the work of Peche and others in Vienna, and one can see a lightness and joy in many of his designs. All of the artist-designers represented in this gallery and the next worked closely with Hillerbrand at DEWETEX, the workshop’s textile subsidiary.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artist: Josef Hillerbrand (Designer)
Title: Panel (Dress or Furnishing Fabric)
Place: Munich (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 1915–1935
Medium: Cotton, plain weave; block printed
Dimensions: 195.6 × 128.3 cm (77 × 50 1/2 in.); Repeat: 44.8 × 44.2 cm (17 5/8 × 17 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Robert Allerton
Reference Number: 1927.770

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