Dagobert Peche, Wiener Werkstätte A.G. rare bookmark –

Lot: 175

Dagobert Peche, Wiener Werkstätte A.G. rare bookmark

Rare bookmark. Around 1917-1919. Print on paper, red fabric ribbon. 31 x 4.7 cm. Inscribed below the female figure: D PECHE, bookmark. above: WW / Bookmarks. On the back: WIENER / WERK / STÄTTE / A.G. / ZÜRICH. Framed behind glass and described as such.

Dagobert Peche, who joined the artistic direction of the Wiener Werkstätte in 1915, was head of the Zurich branch from 1917 to 1919. The bookmark consists of a long red textile ribbon, decorated with the Wiener Werkstätte logo and a graphic showing a female figure with a cornucopia. The motif originally comes from a poster by Peche for the fashion department.

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Estimate: 360 € - 540 €

Unsold lot

K-13 - Auction May 2024
04. May 2024 at 11:00 AM CEST

Literature:

Werner J. Schweiger, Wiener Werkstätte. Arts and Crafts, 1903-1932. Vienna 1982, p. 91 (illustration of the same motif by Peche).

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