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Antscha - Yellow and Green

c. 1925–30
designer

Josef Frank

(Swedish, born Austria, 1885–1967)
manufacturer

Haus & Garten

(Austrian, est. 1925)
Culture
Medium
Cotton: paired plain weave warp; linen: unbleached weft; loom width, block printed
Measurements
Overall: 72.4 x 128.9 cm (28 1/2 x 50 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Educational Purchase Fund 1937.180
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
Print
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This textile was produced in at least two different colorways.

Description

With a title derived from a feminine Hungarian name, the Antscha pattern shows Josef Frank’s early use of long sinuous vines. Another example of the same textile (1937.181) exists in pink and blue, suggesting that pattern colors were customizable to fit the customer’s décor. These examples are likely the only surviving versions in an institutional collection.
Rectangular strip of textile featuring circular yellow fruit among winding green vines. Half of each fruit is speckled with black dots while some have a star-shaped cluster of leaves, like that of a tomato. Some vines are thick and rope-like, patterned with black dots and with thick, serrated leaves while others are fine lines, breaking off into strands of small leaves. Leafless, thorny vines cut their way diagonally across the textile.

Antscha - Yellow and Green

c. 1925–30

Josef Frank, Haus & Garten

(Swedish, born Austria, 1885–1967), (Austrian, est. 1925)

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