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Prototype umbrella
Made by Horowitz, Slava in Vienna, Vienna state, Austria, Europe, 1928.Summary
Object No.
2001/42/1Object Statement
Prototype umbrella, silk / metal, designed and made by Slawa Horowitz, Vienna, Austria, 1928Physical Description
Prototype umbrella, silk / metal, designed and made by Slawa Horowitz, Vienna, Austria, 1928Compact folding umbrella with black silk cover and metal stick, handle, ribs and ferrule. Stick has a telescopic mechanism. The top and the end of the handle are metal disks.
Short URL
https://ma.as/10102Dimensions
Width
180 mmProduction
Notes
Designed by Slawa Horowitz in Vienna in 1928. Slawa Horowitz was born in Poland in the early 1900s and died in Australia in 1975.The umbrella was hand built by the designer using existing and modified umbrella parts purchased from manufacturers and other sources. After the design was granted a patent, the largest Austrian umbrella manufacture "Bruder Wuster" together with their German associates "Kortenbrach und Rach" manufactured the umbrella which was called 'Flirt'. In the first year of production sales reached 10,000. This number increased steadily each year as sales spread throughout Europe and was still being produced and marketed in the 1960s.
Designed
Horowitz, Slava Vienna, Vienna state, Austria, Europe 1928History
Notes
The umbrella is one of four hand built prototypes that were used to market and patent the design. The umbrella was inherited by the designer's daughter Eva de Jong-Duldig.Source
Credit Line
Purchased 2001Acquisition Date
31 May 2001Cite this Object
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Prototype umbrella 2016, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, accessed 24 April 2019, <https://ma.as/10102>Wikipedia
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