DOI issue:
No.233 (August 1912)
DOI article:Levetus, A. S.: Some Viennese flower-stands and vases
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21157#0211
Viennese Flower-Stands
REPOUSSE SILVER FLOWER-VASES.
DESIGNED BY PROF. KOLO MOSER,
EXECUTED BY THE WIENER
WERKSTAETTE
the hare-bell design of Prof. Hoffmann? There
is a singular grace and charm in the manner in
which the flowers hang their heads; every stroke
breathes of love for these homely blossoms of the
fields and woods. How dignified and how appeal-
ing are the three flower-stands designed by Prof.
Otto Prutscher (pp. 188, 189) ! They have a cheer-
fulness and natural charm of their own—some-
thing, perhaps, of the atmosphere of Vienna, of
which the artist is a true son. To Otto Prutscher
is due the merit of having revived the old art of
designing flashed glass. In olden times it was an
art highly favoured, not only by the burghers, but
also by the peasants, but it was left to Prutscher to
lend it a new grace and dignity by putting it to the
special service of flowers. He has designed many
forms and many patterns, each in its way distin-
guished, each a true work of art.
Unfortunately Prof. Kolo Moser has given up
designing—it is to be hoped only for a time. At
present he is devoting himself to painting. 1 he two
stands shown on pages 188 and 189, though they
do not add to his fame as a designer, still give
another proof of his earnestness of purpose and fine
FLOWER-VASE OF BLUE FLASHED GLASS. DESIGNED
BY PROF. OTTO PRUTSCHER, EXECUTED BY THE
WIENER WERKSTAETTE
189
artistic principles. The first is executed in highly
polished perforated silver, the other in oxidised
repousse metal.
All the illustrations here reproduced show a right
feeling for decoration; the work is refined both as
to colour and design, which are everywhere well
ordered and reveal an admirable sense of rhythm
and proportion. The two stands illustrated on
page 190 are of peculiar interest, inasmuch as they
were designed by a workman trained in one of the
Government art workshops. Both are executed in
REPOUSSE SILVER FLOWER-VASES.
DESIGNED BY PROF. KOLO MOSER,
EXECUTED BY THE WIENER
WERKSTAETTE
the hare-bell design of Prof. Hoffmann? There
is a singular grace and charm in the manner in
which the flowers hang their heads; every stroke
breathes of love for these homely blossoms of the
fields and woods. How dignified and how appeal-
ing are the three flower-stands designed by Prof.
Otto Prutscher (pp. 188, 189) ! They have a cheer-
fulness and natural charm of their own—some-
thing, perhaps, of the atmosphere of Vienna, of
which the artist is a true son. To Otto Prutscher
is due the merit of having revived the old art of
designing flashed glass. In olden times it was an
art highly favoured, not only by the burghers, but
also by the peasants, but it was left to Prutscher to
lend it a new grace and dignity by putting it to the
special service of flowers. He has designed many
forms and many patterns, each in its way distin-
guished, each a true work of art.
Unfortunately Prof. Kolo Moser has given up
designing—it is to be hoped only for a time. At
present he is devoting himself to painting. 1 he two
stands shown on pages 188 and 189, though they
do not add to his fame as a designer, still give
another proof of his earnestness of purpose and fine
FLOWER-VASE OF BLUE FLASHED GLASS. DESIGNED
BY PROF. OTTO PRUTSCHER, EXECUTED BY THE
WIENER WERKSTAETTE
189
artistic principles. The first is executed in highly
polished perforated silver, the other in oxidised
repousse metal.
All the illustrations here reproduced show a right
feeling for decoration; the work is refined both as
to colour and design, which are everywhere well
ordered and reveal an admirable sense of rhythm
and proportion. The two stands illustrated on
page 190 are of peculiar interest, inasmuch as they
were designed by a workman trained in one of the
Government art workshops. Both are executed in