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Mirakel (Miracle)

Mirakel (Miracle)

c. 1925–30
designer

Josef Frank

(Swedish, born Austria, 1885–1967)
manufacturer

Haus & Garten

(Austrian, est. 1925)
Austria, Vienna
Linen: bleached, plain weave, block printed, loom width
Overall: 95.7 x 121.3 cm (37 11/16 x 47 3/4 in.)
Educational Purchase Fund 1937.183
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Josef Frank often layered patterns; the background uses a dotted pattern that could evoke a placid pond or a starry sky.

Description

Named for the technical “miracle” that is this textile’s stacked rotating design, Mirakel is still produced by the Stockholm-based interior design firm Svenskt Tenn. Though the design is now screenprinted in Sweden, this textile fragment was block printed by Josef Frank’s Austrian firm Haus & Garten, giving it an earlier production date. The design features imaginary flowers and sinuous vines, signature design elements of Frank’s textiles.
  • 1937
    Likely purchased by Mrs. Ruth F. Ruggles in Vienna, Austria from "Haus & Garten"
  • See "December, 1937." Education Department Annual Report, 1937, CMA Archives.
  • Color and Comfort: Swedish Modern Design. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 11, 2019-February 10, 2020).
  • {{cite web|title=Mirakel (Miracle)|url=false|author=Josef Frank, Haus & Garten|year=c. 1925–30|access-date=24 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1937.183