Dance Card Holder for a Costume Ball at the School of Applied Arts, Vienna, 1902

Object Name: 
Dance Card Holder for a Costume Ball at the School of Applied Arts, Vienna, 1902

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Object Name: 
Dance Card Holder for a Costume Ball at the School of Applied Arts, Vienna, 1902
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Bohemia, Klastersky Mlyn (Klostermuehle)
Accession Number: 
2001.3.5
Dimensions: 
Overall L: 20.2 cm, W: 9.9 cm, Th: .9 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1902
Web Description: 
The bronze pendant is inscribed: “CoSTVM-FEST/ DER KK KVNSTgEWERBE / SCHVLe IN WIEN 3'1'9o2 / ANToINETE KRASNIK”

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Historical Design Inc., Source
2001-04-30
Category: 
Modern
Color: 
Translucent Deep Blue, bronze
Technique: 
Iridized, patinated
Inscription: 
CoSTVM-FEST / DER KK KVNSTbEWERBE / SCHVLe IN WIEN 3'1'9o2 / ANToINETE KRASNIK
Mark

Description

Primary Description: 
Translucent deep blue glass disk, iridized (made by Loetz); bronze; patinated. b) Dance card, paper, metal. Circular hook clasp to attach to costume (open with horizontal bar at equation with hook attached to bar) from where four chains are attached and to which ovoid pendant drops. Pendant is bronze floral design frame into which piece of glass fits on front horizontal bar marked "1902." On reverse, wide band with semi-circular cutout along top. b) Dance card slips behind band on reverse.

Publications (5)

Modern Austrian Glass: Selections from the Corning Museum of Glass (2019) illustrated, pp. 24-25;
Recent Important Acquisitions, 44 (2002) illustrated, p. 231, fig. 34; BIB# AI64571
20th Century Furniture & Decorative Arts (1999) #516; BIB# 60225
Das Bohmische Glas 1700-1950, v. 4 (1995) illustrated, #IV.112, p. 75; BIB# 36593
Jugendstil: Glas, Graphik, Keramik, Metall, Mobel, Skulpturen und Textilien von 1880 bis 1915 (1987) #256; BIB# 24690