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SLEEVE FRAGMENT WITH MOTIFS FROM THE BIBLICAL STORY OF JOSEPH

SLEEVE FRAGMENT WITH MOTIFS FROM THE BIBLICAL STORY OF JOSEPH

Egypt, Akhmîm (Panopolis), 6th/7th c.
Linen, wool T 691 / 1883
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ENGLISH DECORATIVE FABRIC

ENGLISH DECORATIVE FABRIC

London, before 1898
Design: Silver Studio Manufacture: Liberty (?) T 5016 / 1898
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TEXTILE FRAGMENT SHOWING SAMSON WRESTLING THE LION

TEXTILE FRAGMENT SHOWING SAMSON WRESTLING THE LION

Byzantium, ca. 800
Silk T 724 / 1865
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TAPESTRY WITH MOTIFS FROM THE LEGEND OF THE KNIGHT OF THE SWAN

TAPESTRY WITH MOTIFS FROM THE LEGEND OF THE KNIGHT OF THE SWAN

Burgundy, Tournai, ca. 1462
Wool, silk, silver thread T 8211 / 1873
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CHASUBLE

CHASUBLE

Anatolia, Bursa, 3rd quarter 16th c.
Catholic liturgical vestment of Ottoman silk with European woven trimmings Silk, metal, linen T 8539 / 1929
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DAGOBERT PECHE: “SWALLOW-TAIL” DECORATIVE FABRIC

DAGOBERT PECHE: “SWALLOW-TAIL” DECORATIVE FABRIC

Vienna, 1911–1913
Manufacture: Wiener Werkstätte Linen T 11229 / 1981
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NEIL BRANDBURN: ENGLISH “ELEPHANTS” DECORATIVE FABRIC

NEIL BRANDBURN: ENGLISH “ELEPHANTS” DECORATIVE FABRIC

London, 1975
Manufacture: Heal’s, London Cotton T 11727 / 1996, purchased from Francesca Galloway
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JOSEF HOFFMANN: BALL GOWN FOR JOHANNA JUSTINE WITTGENSTEIN

JOSEF HOFFMANN: BALL GOWN FOR JOHANNA JUSTINE WITTGENSTEIN

Vienna, around 1910
Manufacture: Wiener Werkstätte Silk, cotton, metal T 11827 /1999
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SAMPLES BOARD: 5 EXAMPLES OF KASHMIR SHAWL PATTERNS

SAMPLES BOARD: 5 EXAMPLES OF KASHMIR SHAWL PATTERNS

Vienna, 1st half 19th c.
Manufacture: Anton Mayer Cardboard, wool, silk TGM 29490 / 1914
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ENGLISH DECORATIVE FABRIC

London, before 1898

Design: Silver Studio Manufacture: Liberty (?) T 5016 / 1898

In the 19th century, England took the lead in the development of modern arts and crafts. A crucial contribution to this pioneering reform movement was made by the artists of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Already under Alois Riegl, who was curator of the textiles collection from 1887 to 1897, the museum purchased modern textiles from England. Batches of large-size textiles, sample books of hand-printed tapestries by British artists came to the collection still before the end of the 19th century.
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Textiles Study Collection

Curator: Silke Geppert

The MAK is home to an unusually rich and diverse collection of textiles and carpets from Europe and numerous regions of Asia, Africa, and the Americas: these range from artifacts of late antiquity excavated from Egyptian graves (accessible as part of the MAK Collection online to medieval tapestries, embroideries, and paraments, and from world-famous Ottoman and Safavid carpets from the 16th and 17th centuries to textiles produced by the Wiener Werkstätte and contemporary fashion.

Up to the Industrial Revolution, textiles—those fragile witnesses to the past—were the most important commodities worldwide after precious metals and foodstuffs. Even today, they remain important objects of international trade. Along with textiles from far away, Europe saw the arrival of valuable dyes and complex techniques as well as shapes which came to play a role in European ornamentation. By means of early industrial espionage, Europe gained knowledge concerning both the cultivation of raw materials and the complex methods by which they were processed. Great conquerors often brought weavers and embroiderers home as booty: Roger II of Sicily, for example, kidnapped them in the eastern Mediterranean; Timur abducted them to Samarkand, and Afonso de Albuquerque spirited them off from India to Lisbon.

Since textiles should only be exhibited on a temporary basis due to their fragility, each year the Study Collection presents a different excerpt from the collection. Such presentations seek to be definitive with regard to the textiles’ art-historical status, the techniques used to produce and decorate with them, and the cultural and historical contexts within which they were created and used. Past years have included exhibitions on such diverse themes as Kashmir shawls, ecclesiastical paraments, an ensemble of beds from the household of Prince Eugene, and various types of fans; the vast majority of the items shown were drawn from the museum’s own collection. Several exhibitions have been accompanied by major publications, such as Fragile Remnants, which presents the so-called Coptic textiles from late antiquity excavated from Egyptian graves and purchased early on in the museum’s history (Völker, Angela: Verletzliche Beute, MAK Studies 5, MAK Vienna / Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2005). The exhibition Lace and so on…, featuring the lace collection of Berta Pappenheim was likewise documented in book-form (Völker, Angela: Spitzen und so weiter…, MAK Studies 11, MAK Vienna / Schlebrügge.editor, Vienna, 2007).

Exhibition projects involving several areas of the collection such as the showings THE EMPEROR’S NEW COLORS. 19th-Century Chinese Art and 2 x JAPAN in 2008, as well as exhibitions featuring contemporary fashion designers such as STEPHAN HANN Recycling-Couture, round out the presentations of the Textiles Study Collection.

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