Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Wiener Werkstätte (Designers)

Leopold Paradeiser for Wiener Werkstätte
Vera
1919
gouache on paper (design for textile)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum


Josef Hoffmann for Wiener Werkstätte
Sava and Papagena
1928
gouache on paper (design for textile)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Reni Schaschl-Schuster for Wiener Werkstätte
Troia
ca. 1912-17
gouache on paper (design for textile)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Max Snischek for Wiener Werkstätte
Ziprian
1924
gouache on paper (design for textile)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Max Snischek for Wiener Werkstätte
Ziprian
1924
gouache on paper (design for textile)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Reni Schaschl-Schuster for Wiener Werkstätte
Wetterleuchten
ca. 1913-22
gouache on paper (design for textile)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Reni Schaschl-Schuster for Wiener Werkstätte
Wetterleuchten
ca. 1913-22
gouache on paper (design for textile)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Dagobert Peche for Wiener Werkstätte
Thymian
ca. 1911-17
gouache on paper (design for textile)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Dagobert Peche for Wiener Werkstätte
Venusgärtchen
ca. 1911-17
gouache on paper (design for textile)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Dagobert Peche for Wiener Werkstätte
Venusgärtchen
ca. 1911-17
gouache on paper (design for textile)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Julius Zimpel for Wiener Werkstätte
Zwergpalme
1928
gouache on paper (design for textile)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Anonymous Designer for Wiener Werkstätte
Decorative Paper
before 1932
paste paper (sample sheet)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Anonymous Designer for Wiener Werkstätte
Decorative Paper
before 1932
paste paper (sample sheet)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Anonymous Designer for Wiener Werkstätte
Akazie
before 1932
gouache on paper (design for textile)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Anonymous Designer for Wiener Werkstätte
Akazie
 before 1932
gouache on paper (design for textile)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Anonymous Designer for Wiener Werkstätte
Flocke
before 1932
gouache on paper (design for textile)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Anonymous Designer for Wiener Werkstätte
Marina
ca. 1911-12
watercolor on paper (design for textile)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

The Isle of Portland

The star-filled seas are smooth to-night
    From France to England strown;
Black towers above the Portland light
    The felon-quarried stone.

On yonder island, not to rise, 
    Never to stir forth free,
Far from his folk a dead lad lies
    That once was friends with me.

Lie you easy, dream you light,
    And sleep you fast for aye;
And luckier may you find the night
    Than ever you found day. 

– A.E. Housman (1896)