A short sleeved day dress of black silk printed in greens, purple, pinks, ivory and yellows with a stylised design of leaves, flowerheads and berries, the collar and cuffs trimmed with black silk edged with Valenciennes lace, with similar black shaped sash at the waist, unlabelled, probably circa 1915-20

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A short sleeved day dress of black silk printed in greens, purple, pinks, ivory and yellows with a stylised design of leaves, flowerheads and berries, the collar and cuffs trimmed with black silk edged with Valenciennes lace, with similar black shaped sash at the waist, unlabelled, probably circa 1915-20
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The silk appears in a sample book for the Wiener Werksttte, circa 1912. Entitled "Kanarienvogel", it was designed by Mitzi Vogel in 1910-11. See "Textiles of the Wiener Werksttte 1910-1932", Angela Vlker, 1994, London, pps. 64-65 for an illustration of the sample book.

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