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Beaded Necklace

Factory/Foundry Wiener Werkstätte (Austrian)

Designer Max Snischek (Austrian)

Manufacturer Kurt Erben (Austrian)

Place of OriginVienna, Austria

Dateabout 1920

DimensionsL: 31 1/2 in. (80 cm)

MediumGlass beads, wood, and paper-mâché

ClassificationJewelry

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

2005.8

On View

Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 34, Jewelry Gallery

DescriptionRope necklace composed of multi-colored opaque and translucent glass seed beads forming a weft, arranged in blocks of horizontal stripes, and a section consisting of seven globular seed bead-covered spheres with a wood and paper-mâché core, separated by thin strands of seed beads.

Label TextThe Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops) evolved out of the Vienna Secession, an alliance of progressive artists and designers in 1903. Their aim was to bring good design and art suitable for the modern world into every aspect of people’s lives. Max Snischek designed primarily for the fashion division of the Workshops after World War I (1914–1918).Published ReferencesNeuwirth, Waltraut, Wiener Werkstätte: Avantgarde, Art Deco, Industrial Design, Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst, 1984, pp. 188-189, nos. 146 and 147.

Fahr-Becker, Gabriele, Wiener Werkstätte 1903-1932, Cologne, Benedikt Taschen, 1995, p. 198.

Pioneering 20th Century Design: The Torsten Bröhan Collection, Sotheby's, London, Sale L05810, March 8, 2005, Lot 46.

Comparative ReferencesSee also Sales Catalogue, Wiener Werkstätte, about 1925, p. 203, no. P 395.