Description & Technical information
Designed by: Josef Hoffmann, around 1908
Executed by: Wiener Werkstätte
Marked: WW, Austrian hallmark, head of Diana, (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), A (for Vienna)
Silver, malachite (some cracks)
3.7cm x 5.3 cm
The letters in the centre of the brooch can be read as "E AST". The brooch was a gift to Elsa Ast, née Bacher, a jeweller’s daughter and the wife of physician Wilhelm II. Ast, who was a brother of the master builder Eduard Ast.
Sincere thanks to Dr Heinz Adamek for his kind information.
Exhibited at: “Emilie Flöge. Reform der Mode, Inspiration der Kunst“, Gustav Klimt Zentrum am Attersee, 2016
Date: around 1908
Period: around 1908
Origin: Austrian
Medium: silver, Malachite
Signature:
Marked: WW, Austrian hallmark, head of Diana, (A for Vienna, 2 for 900/1000), A (for Vienna)
Dimensions: 3.7 x 5.3 cm (1¹/₂ x 2¹/₈ inches)
Provenance: private
property, Austria
Literature:
Ref.: Tretter/Weinhäupl (eds.),
Gustav Klimt. Emilie Flöge. Reform der Mode, Inspiration der Kunst, Gustav
Klimt Zentrum am Attersee, exhib. cat., Vienna, 2016
Exhibitions: “Emilie Flöge. Reform der Mode, Inspiration der Kunst“, Gustav Klimt Zentrum am Attersee, 2016
Categories: Silver
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