Lot description
Julius Klinger 1876-1942 Die Kunst der Nadel / Anitta Müller. 1916. Condition B+: creases, repaired tears and abrasions along vertical and horizontal folds; abrasions, creases, and staining in text and image; pencil notations in bottom right corner. Advertising the 3rd exhibition of fine needlework arts by the practical school run by Mrs Anitta Müller for refugees from Galicia and Bukovina. The image depicts "five cloth patches, colored to represent the Central Powers: a German roundel design in the black, red and white of the German Imperial flag; a pattern of yellow and black to represent Austria-Hungary; a Turkish crescent and star to represent the Ottoman Empire; and designs based on the Bulgarian and Hungarian flags. A sewing needle pierces the Bulgarian and Hungarian patches" https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/28782). The poster for the first exhibition of this school features Julius Klinger's name at the bottom right of the illustration. IWM PST 6893.