Wiener Werkstätte fashion postcards

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: SC.484

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of postcards with color lithograph fashion illustrations by Mela Koehler, Maria Likarz and Edouard Joseph Wimmer-Wisgrill; the majority have Wiener Werkstätte graphics on the reverse. Most of the Koehler cards are a series of six designs created on the occasion of a Wiener Werkstätte fashion show held in April 1911.

Dates

Creation: 1911 - 1912

Creator

Koehler, Mela (1885-1960) (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Access is open to researchers by appointment at the Fashion Institute of Technology Library, Department of Special Collections and FIT Archive. If you wish to schedule an appointment to view this material or have any questions, visit our website.

Conditions Governing Use

The Department of Special Collections and FIT Archive does not own copyright for all material held in its physical custody. It is the researcher's obligation to abide by and satisfy copyright law (http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#108) when copying or using materials (including digital materials) found in or made available from the department. When possible, the department will inform a researcher about the copyright status of material, the researcher's obligations with regard to such material, and, wherever possible, the owner or owners of the copyrights. Any and all reproduction of originals is at the archivist's discretion.

Biographical / Historical

As an art student, Koehler (1885-1960) studied under Kolomon Moser at the School of Applied Arts in Vienna and later joined Moser's Wiener Werkstätte and the German and Austrian Werkbund. Koehler's work in fashion included not only illustrations for the Wiener Werkstätte and the fashion magazine Wiener Mode, but also textile design and at least one collaboration with Emilie Flöge's Schwestern Flöge fashion house. Koehler moved to Sweden in 1931 where she worked extensively as a costume designer and book illustrator; her illustrations for children's books are of special note.