Dagobert Peche

Date: 1920

Epoque: 20th century

Origine: Vienna, Austria

Medium: silver, Chased and hammered, Bead and reel decoration, Ivory handles, Finial replaced in ivorine

Signature: Marked: WIENER WERK STÄTTE (3 lines), monogrammed P with star for Dagobert Peche, MADE IN AUSTRIA; 900; the symbols of Mercury (Austrian export mark)

Provenance:

Private collection, England

Literature:

M. Eisler,
Dagobert Peche, Vienna, 1925, p. 27; Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, vol. 52,
1923, p. 99; Moderne Bauformen XXIV, 1925, p. 281; Archives of Wiener
Werkstätte, Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, design drawing inv. no. KI 12704-5 and KI 12668-7-2, model nos. S 5073-5075; a contemporary photograph is
preserved in the Wiener Werkstätte photographic archives at the Austrian Museum
of Applied Arts (MAK), Vienna, inv. no. WWF 96-224-1;
P. Noever, MAK (ed.), Der Preis der Schönheit, 100 Jahre Wiener Werkstätte,
Vienna, 2003, p. 338; P. Noever (ed.), Die Überwindung der Utilität, Dagobert
Peche und die Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, 1998, p. 213, p. 338