Emilie Bach

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Emilie Bach

Emilie Bach (July 2, 1840 – April 29, 1890) was an artist and journalist. In 1873, she co-founded the [1] with fellow needleworker in Vienna, Austria,[1][2] where she also filled the role of director.[3] She also established schools in Graz, Laibach, Prague, Brünn, and Agram.[2] She published several works on the subject of embroidery, including Muster Stilvoller Handarbeiten für Schule und Haus in two volumes (1883), and Neue Muster im Alten Stil (1887), which was later published in English as New Patterns in Old Styles.[1][3] She contributed to many daily papers, such as the Neue Freie Presse, Heimat, and  [de] and delivered many lectures on arts and handicrafts, most of which were published.[3]

Bach also served on juries for the applied arts at international exhibitions abroad.[4]

Bach and Mirani's dress and design reform efforts were covered in Viennese periodicals, including feminist journal Dokumente der Frauen and fashion magazine Wiener Mode.[2] Design history scholar Rebecca Houze likens the attention to detail in Bach's publications to the works of German architect and author Gottfried Semper, in particular Der Stil in den technischen and tektonischen Künste... (1860–63).[2]

Multiple designs by Bach, including those for an embroidered sachet and a parasol "with a border in Spanish embroidery" were featured in Harper's Bazaar in 1881.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Bach, Emilie". Textile Research Center. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Houze, Rebecca (2015). Textiles, Fashion, and Design Reform in Austria-Hungary Before the First World War: Principles of Dress. London and New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1351546881. OCLC 1001884928.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c "BACH, EMILIE - JewishEncyclopedia.com". jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
  4. ^ Houze, Rebecca (Spring 2008). "At the Forefront of a Newly Emerging Profession? Ethnography, Education and the Exhibition of Women's Needlework in Austria-Hungary in the Late Nineteenth Century". Journal of Design History. 21 (1): 19–40. doi:10.1093/jdh/epm040. JSTOR 25228564. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  5. ^ Harper's Bazaar. Hearst Corporation. 1881.


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