POETRY OF THE ORNAMENT.
The Backhausen-Archive

Editor: Ursula Oswald-Graf, Aline Marion Steinwender, Hans-Peter Wipplinger

Authors: Ursula Oswald-Graf, Aline Marion Steinwender, Hans-Peter Wipplinger, Christian Witt-Döring

A representative selection of exhibits from the Backhausen archive will be presented to the general public for the first time as part of the Poetry of Ornament exhibition at the Leopold Museum. The show provides an insight into the unique archive holdings of the long-established company, comprising several thousand objects, which were made available to the museum on permanent loan in 2023.The exhibition Poetry of Ornament. The Backhausen archive highlights individual production steps, from the designs and patterns to the application of the fabrics.