Fashion (Mode)

1912
Not on view
Design for female dress in the style of the early 1910s, consisting of an ankle-length tubular skirt of orange color, with thin, brown, vertical stripes, and groups of shuttle shapes on the border, and a hip-length overdress with short sleeves and Empire-cut, colored with blue and orange, and the waist marked with a thin, brown belt, tied to form a bow under the chest. A turban of black and orange colors, with a red brooch on the front, covers the head, and pointed, orange boots peek from under the skirt.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Fashion (Mode)
  • Artist: Otto Friedr. Carl Lendecke (Austrian, Lemberg (Lviv) 1886–1918 Vienna)
  • Publisher: Wiener Werkstätte
  • Date: 1912
  • Medium: Color lithograph
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 9/16 in. (14 × 9 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Postcards, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Museum Accession, transferred from the Library
  • Object Number: WW.849
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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