BR49.683: Textile Sample of Eisengarn for Tubular Furniture Upholstery

Identification and Creation

Object Number

BR49.683

People

Bauhaus Weaving Workshop, German (1919 - 1933)

Title

Textile Sample of Eisengarn for Tubular Furniture Upholstery

Classification

Textile Arts

Work Type

textile

Date

after 1927

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/225548

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Cotton and wax-covered cotton in blue and black, twill weave

Technique

Woven, twill

Dimensions

10.1 x 12.4 cm (4 x 4 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Gunta Stölzl, sold; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1949.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Association Fund

Accession Year

1949

Object Number

BR49.683

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• The Bauhaus Workshops: 1919-1933, American Craft Museum, New York, 06/29/1994 - 09/12/1994
• The Bauhaus and Harvard, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/08/2019 - 07/28/2019
• Artisanal Modernism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/28/2023 - 05/07/2023

Subjects and Contexts

• The Bauhaus

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