Not currently on display at the V&A

Napkin

ca. 1910 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Linen damask table napkin.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Linen damask
Brief description
Linen damask table napkin, possibly designed by Peter Behrens, Germany, ca. 1910
Physical description
Linen damask table napkin.
Style
Credit line
Given by Kenneth Barlow and Albrecht Widmann
Object history
Registered File number 1990/1118. One of two napkins with T.316A-1990.
Production
Angel Volker, curator of textiles at MAK Museum, Vienna, has suggested a possible attribution of Peter Behrens as the designer of this damask. He is known to have supplied damask designs to a number of European manufacturers.
Collection
Accession number
T.316-1990

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Record createdAugust 24, 2005
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