Ladies’ Handbag

• Design: Maria Likarz-Strauss (1893–1971)
• Execution: Wiener Werkstätte
• 1929
• Fabric
• Ernst Ploil, Vienna

Maria Likarz-Strauss was a prominent designer of the Vienna Workshop whose repertoire included textile, metal, and ceramics. She combined decorative arts and functionality with unique geometrical patterns and bright colors, and directed the Vienna Workshop’s fashion department in the 1920s.
This small bag without a handle is very light and suitable for daily use. The simple yet elegant pattern of adjoining circles symbolizes the beauty of nature.