Window Draperies

Designer: Margarethe von Brauchitsch, German, 1865–1957
Maker: Vereinigte Werkstätten für Kunst im Handwerk, Munich, Germany, active 1897–1991
Date: c.1909
Material: Cotton and linen
made in: Munich, Bavaria state, Germany, Europe
Classification: Coverings & hangings, textiles
Collection: Decorative Arts and Design
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: panel: 126.5 x 44 1/2 in. (321 x 113 cm)
panel: 130 x 44 1/2 in. (331 x 113 cm)
valance: 27 3/16 x 39 in. (69 x 99 cm)
Credit Line: Funds given by Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Wiese through the 1989 Art Enrichment Fund
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 153:1990a-c

NOTES

Nature finds order in the leafy spirals and trailing green, black, and white grid of this embroidered window curtain. Its designer, Margarethe von Brauchitsch, was a leading figure of the Jugendstil, a progressive German design movement known for its bold use of simplified, organic ornament. The curtain panels were machine-embroidered by the Vereinigte Werkstätten für Kunst im Handwerk, or United Workshops for Art in Craft. The organization, which Brauchitsch co-founded with Richard Riemerschmid, Bruno Paul, and others, managed the production, sale, and exhibition of a wide range of products by reform-minded artists and designers.

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