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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR52.340
People
Ernst Nipkow, German (active 1930s - )
Textile: Otti Berger, Yugoslav (Zmajevac, Hungary 1898 - 1944 Auschwitz, Poland)
Title
Double-woven furniture upholstery made from synthetic fibers
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Möbel-Stoff-Doppelgewebe aus Kunstfaser. Deutsches Reichspatent. Hersteller und Vertrieb: Sächsische Rosshaarweberei Schriever & Co Dresden
Former Title: Thirteen photographs of Otti Berger Textiles
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1934-1944
Period
Modern
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215666

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 23.8 x 17.6 cm (9 3/8 x 6 15/16 in.)
sheet: 24.4 x 18.1 cm (9 5/8 x 7 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, in ink: C 4.15.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mrs. Walter Gropius
Accession Year
1952
Object Number
BR52.340
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Otti Berger received a German patent for this fabric design in 1934.

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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