The History and Conservation of the Wittgenstein Vitrine at the DMA

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The Dallas Museum of Art acquired in 2013 an exceptional silver vitrine originally owned by the Wittgenstein family of Vienna and designed by Carl Otto Czeschka (1878-1960) of the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops). The DMA’s Margot B. Perot Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, Kevin W. Tucker, and Associate Conservator of Objects at the DMA, Fran Baas, discuss the history of the 1908 silver masterpiece and the conservation of the Wittgenstein Vitrine at the DMA.