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Napkin (Germany)
This is a Napkin. It was designed by Peter Behrens and manufactured by S. Frankel. It is dated ca. 1904 and we acquired it in 2002. Its medium is cotton and its technique is damask, 7 & 1 satin. It is a part of the Textiles department.
This object was
donated by
Torsten Broehan.
It is credited Gift of Torsten Bröhan.
- Napkin, Hawthorne: Design no. 528
- linen (quality no. 56).
- Museum purchase from Alice Baldwin Beer Memorial Fund.
- 1985-65-6
- Napkin, Butterfly: Design no. 505
- linen. quality no. 810 (finest the company produced).
- Museum purchase from Alice Baldwin Beer Memorial Fund.
- 1985-65-2
- Flaches Modell (Flat Model) Dessert Fork
- silver.
- Museum purchase from Friends of Applied Arts and Industrial Design, General....
- 2002-3-1
Its dimensions are
Warp x Weft: 36.2 x 34.9 cm (14 1/4 x 13 3/4 in.)
It is inscribed
Initials "E" "K" embroidered in one corner.
Cite this object as
Napkin (Germany); Designed by Peter Behrens (German, 1868–1940); Manufactured by S. Frankel; cotton; Warp x Weft: 36.2 x 34.9 cm (14 1/4 x 13 3/4 in.); Gift of Torsten Bröhan; 2001-20-1
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Energizing the Everyday: Gifts From the George R. Kravis II Collection.
