Cotsen Textile Traces Colloquiu: Tracing Wiener Werkstätte Textiles: Switzerland and Austria Case Studies – FESCH.TV

FESCH.TV INFORMIERT:

Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection houses more than 300 Wiener Werkstätte textiles. The
Wiener Werkstätte, or Vienna Workshop (1903-1932), was a key participant in the development of modernism, with its textile and fashion divisions and the establishment of branches in Berlin, New York, and Zurich.

This three-day virtual colloquium (April 21-23, 2022) brought specialists, young professionals,
and students together, presenting and discussing a range of topics about Wiener Werkstätte, including their preservation, global export, and positioning within modernist textile theory.

Panel 2:
Switzerland and Austria Case Studies
Moderated by Marie–Eve Celio–Scheurer, art historian, academic coordinator, Cotsen Textile
Traces Study Center, The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum,
Washington D.C.
Monika Mähr, deputy director and curator, Historisches und Völkerkundemuseum, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Janis Staggs, director of curatorial and manager of publications, Neue Galerie, New York