Fashion (Mode)

1912
Not on view
Postcard with a design for female dress in the style of the early 1910s, consisting of a long tubular dress with semi-abstract animal skin motifs, executed with brown and orange, a large, yellow collar, and an opening on the front of the skirt, revealing a yellow lining and gray underskirt, worn with a large necklace with a geometric pattern that covers the chest, a black turban with yellow geometric designs and a round brooch on the front, and large, triangular earrings.

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.853
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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