Lot Essay
The design for the present carpet is recorded in the Backhausen archive as pattern no. 6705
The carpet was exhibited at the Österreichischer Kunstgewerbe Exhibition, Room XXV, in Vienna, 1911/12
Cf: Das Interieur, Vol. XIII, Vienna, 1912, pl. 5
See also: Das Interieur, Vol. XII, 1911, pl. 39 The carpet illustrated at the Buenos Aires Exhibition in 1908 together with designs by Josef Hoffmann (See contemporary photograph accompanying Lot 67)
The carpet was exhibited at the Österreichischer Kunstgewerbe Exhibition, Room XXV, in Vienna, 1911/12
Cf: Das Interieur, Vol. XIII, Vienna, 1912, pl. 5
See also: Das Interieur, Vol. XII, 1911, pl. 39 The carpet illustrated at the Buenos Aires Exhibition in 1908 together with designs by Josef Hoffmann (See contemporary photograph accompanying Lot 67)