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Ball Favour for the City of Vienna Ball, 1901

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Cloth binding with gilt edges in velvet slip-case with copper-enamel clasp
7.2×16×1.1 cm 16.4×8.4×2.2 cm

Artists

  • Koloman Moser

    (Vienna 1868–1918 Vienna)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment
The collaboration between Koloman Moser (1868-1918) with the fabric manufacturer Johann Backhausen & Sons began shortly before the turn of the century and culminated between 1898 and 1904 with the creation of 50 designs. Dess. 3734, the so called “Forellenreigen” [Trout dance], was initially woven in two color combinations and subsequently in five. The pattern illustrates Moser’s engagement with the Japanese design language which inspired him profoundly, as well as his attempt to decorate any surface. Moser’s artistic tendencies can be regarded as harbingers of the endeavor that began with the foundation of the Wiener Werkstätte in 1903 to unite all areas of life on a creative level. In 1901 “Forellenreigen” was gifted to guests of the City of Vienna’s Ball.

AS, 2025

Object data

Artist/author
  • Koloman Moser
Title
Ball Favour for the City of Vienna Ball
Date
1901
Art movement
Art Nouveau
Category
Arts and crafts
Material​/technique
Cloth binding with gilt edges in velvet slip-case with copper-enamel clasp
Dimensions
7.2×16×1.1 cm 16.4×8.4×2.2 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 1614
Inventory access
Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994
Keywords
design/arts and craftball/formal danceornament: derived from animal formscoat of arms (symbol of the state etc.)

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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i
Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Wien (o.D.);
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (seit 1994).

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design/arts and craftball/formal danceornament: derived from animal formscoat of arms (symbol of the state etc.)

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