LACE AND SO ON ...

Bertha Pappenheim's Collections at the MAK

03.10.2007 - 24.03.2008

MAK Textiles Study Collection

Anno O. alias Bertha Pappenheim, the
first of Sigmund Freud's recorded “cases” to be treated with psychoanalytical discussion therapy, was not only a prominent Jewish women’s rights activist and protector of women in need, she was also known as a generous collector of lace and cast iron objects. A representative selection of these heterogeneous and yet linked objects which the collector both sold and donated to the MAK is shown here for the first time.

On October 2, 2007 prior to the exhibition opening, a memorial plaque was unveiled on house no. 2, Liechtensteinstraße in the ninth Viennese district, once Bertha Pappenheim's Viennese home (today owned by the Volksbank).

Curator Angela Völker, MAK Curator Textiles and Carpets