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1910

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1911

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Drawing, Textile Design: Löwe (Lion)

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Carl Otto Czeschka and made for Wiener Werkstätte. It is dated 1910–11 and we acquired it in 1988. Its medium is brush and gouache on cream illustration board. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds.

Its dimensions are

21.3 x 7.6 cm (8 3/8 in. x 3 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped in red ink, lower right, verso: WIENER / WERK / STÄTTE

It is inscribed

Inscribed in blue crayon, upper right: 400

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Löwe (Lion); Designed by Carl Otto Czeschka (Austrian, 1878 - 1960); Made for Wiener Werkstätte (Austria); Austria; brush and gouache on cream illustration board; 21.3 x 7.6 cm (8 3/8 in. x 3 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds; 1988-62-67

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