OTTO PRUTSCHER
| About the artist | 1880 – Vienna – 1949 |
| Designed by | Otto Prutscher, Vienna, around 1910 |
| Executed by | Herrburger & Rhomberg, Dornbirn, Austria; sold and distributed by Wiener Werkstätte |
| Dimensions | 110 x 110 cm |
| Material | Cotton, hollow woven, blue, two small delicate stains approx. 1.2 cm in diameter, otherwise very good slightly used condition |
| Provenance | private property, Austria |
| Literature | comp. C. Duit, H. & F. Schedlmayer (ed.): Otto Prutscher, 1880-1949, Architekt und Designer zwischen Tradition und Moderne, vol. 2, p. 89 |
Between 1905 and 1913, the traditional textile factory Herrburger & Rhomberg in Dornbirn commissioned Otto Prutscher to design a range of textiles such as tablecloths, cushion covers, bedspreads and a carpet. The manager of the company’s Vienna branch, Hermann Flöge, was married to Gertrude Paulick. Her father's villa on Lake Attersee became a favourite summer residence and meeting place for the Flöge sisters, the painter Gustav Klimt, the puppeteer Richard Teschner and many other artists.
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