Uncommon Thread

Dagobert Peche, designed 1922Named after the legendary birthplace of Aphrodite, goddess of love, beauty, and pleasure70% cashmere / 30% silkDouble-sided with hand-rolled edges50 x 50 in. Presented in a Linden Branch furoshiki for elegant gifting and storage

Cythera Shawl

By Larry Wolff "In Larry Wolff's brilliant telling, an opera's fairy-tale empress and a real-life Habsburg empress come to embody the phantom political culture of an empire that to this day maintains a powerful hold over Central and Eastern European institutions and imagination."—Pieter M. Judson, author of The Habsburg Empire: A New History "This alluring and original work of history explores the parallel lives of a twentieth century opera, the twilight of the Habsburg Empire, and its last emperor and empress. Politics is woven into the opera's creation and its later life. In this brilliant book, art imitates life, and life art, through mirror images, shadows and the unexpected destinies of historic personages."—Leon Botstein, Bard College "The Shadow of the Empress has many virtues: great erudition, lively writing, and undeniable energy."—Celia Applegate, Austrian History Yearbook A beguiling exploration of the last Habsburg monarchs' grip on Europe's historical and cultural imagination. In 1919 the last Habsburg rulers, Emperor Karl and Empress Zita, left Austria, going into exile. That same year, the fairy-tale opera Die Frau ohne Schatten (The Woman Without a Shadow), featuring a mythological emperor and empress, premiered at the Vienna Opera. Viennese poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal and German composer Richard Strauss created Die Frau ohne Schatten through the bitter years of World War I, imagining it would triumphantly appear after the victory of the German and Habsburg empires. Instead, the premiere came in the aftermath of catastrophic defeat. The Shadow of the Empress: Fairy-Tale Opera and the End of the Habsburg Monarchy explores how the changing circumstances of politics and society transformed their opera and its cultural meanings before, during, and after the First World War. Strauss and Hofmannsthal turned emperors and empresses into fantastic fairy-tale characters; meanwhile, following the collapse of the Habsburg monarchy after the war, their real-life counterparts, removed from political life in Europe, began to be regarded as anachronistic, semi-mythological figures. Reflecting on the seismic cultural shifts that rocked post-imperial Europe, Larry Wolff follows the story of Karl and Zita after the loss of their thrones. Karl died in 1922, but Zita lived through the rise of Nazism, World War II, and the Cold War. By her death in 1989, she had herself become a fairy-tale figure, a totem of imperial nostalgia. Wolff weaves together the story of the opera's composition and performance; the end of the Habsburg monarchy; and his own family's life in and exile from Central Europe, providing a rich new understanding of Europe's cataclysmic twentieth century, and our contemporary relationship to it. Paperback452 pagesStanford Press, 20236 x 9 inchesISBN 9781503635647European History, Performing Arts History

The Shadow of the Empress: Fairy-Tale Opera and the End of the Habsburg Monarchy

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Seerose Throw

Maria La Rosa for Neue NOWInspired by the geometric designs of Josef Hoffmann and the Wiener Werkstätte Handcrafted in Italy on antique looms Features include:• Hand-woven cobalt and black grosgrain ribbon • Wrapped frame top with snap closure• Light-weight black drop-in chain • Fully lined in satin with inside slip pocketH. 6 x L. 9 x W. 3 in.NEUE GALERIE EXCLUSIVE

Nocturne Evening Clutch

An essential sewing kit comprised of a pair of 24 karat gold-plated scissors, a 24 karat gold-plated thimble, a spool of golden thread, and a golden-eyed needle.

Golden Thread of Life

Sophia 203 for Neue NOWEmbroidered with a Wiener Werkstätte textile pattern designed by Ugo Zovetti, 1910Lined in black suede with hidden magnetic claspH. 7 x L. 9 x W. 2 in.

Vienna 1900 Evening Clutch

Gunta StölzlDesigned 1926Produced by Wallace Sewell100% lambswool56 x 64 in. Gunta Stölzl, head of the Bauhaus’s weaving workshop, designed this patterned blanket for the Prellerhaus dormitory at Bauhaus Dessau.

Prellerhaus Throw

Produced by Me & K100% handwoven cashmere100 cm. x 100 cm. / 39 in. x 39 in.With fringe edgeMe & K is a family-run workshop that has been weaving cashmere in India’s Kashmir Valley for five generations, using ancestral techniques dating back nearly 800 years.

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SAVED New York for Neue GalerieSeerose pattern, designed ca.1910 by Edwuard Josef Wimmer Wissgrill100% Mongolian cashmere, hand-combed, felted and block-printed, with hand-rolled edges50 x 50 in.

Seerose Foulard

ANGELA DAMMAN FOR NEUE NOWHand-woven henequén-fiber clutch. Features include a zip closure, removable wristlet of braided sansevieria-fiber, and a linen-lined interior. Includes cotton canvas storage pouch.Black / Natural 7½ x 12 in. Available with henequén front and back, or henequén front and calfskin leather back.Handcrafted by artisans in the Yucatán, henequén is a natural plant fiber extracted from the leaves of agave fourcroydes, a species indigenous to the Yucatán Peninsula. Prized for its beauty and strength, Henequén textiles become more luminous and supple with use. Dyed by hand with traditional techniques, some pigment transfer may be expected. Normal use and prolonged exposure to the sun may cause changes to the fiber’s color. Store inside the included cotton dust cover in a cool and dry place, out of direct sunlight.May be professionally cleaned. For light stains, you may use a damp cloth and mild soap. Professional dry cleaning is recommended for all leather. Do not overload the weight in your bag, that can modify the shape of the fiber and leather.

Neue Check Clutch

ANGELA DAMMAN FOR NEUE NOWHand-woven henequén-fiber clutch. Features include a zip closure, removable wristlet of braided sansevieria-fiber, and a linen-lined interior. Includes cotton canvas storage pouch.Navy / Natural7½ x 12 in. Available with henequén front and back, or henequén front and calfskin leather back.Handcrafted by artisans in the Yucatán, henequén is a natural plant fiber extracted from the leaves of agave fourcroydes, a species indigenous to the Yucatán Peninsula. Prized for its beauty and strength, Henequén textiles become more luminous and supple with use. Dyed by hand with traditional techniques, some pigment transfer may be expected. Normal use and prolonged exposure to the sun may cause changes to the fiber’s color. Store inside the included cotton dust cover in a cool and dry place, out of direct sunlight.May be professionally cleaned. For light stains, you may use a damp cloth and mild soap. Professional dry cleaning is recommended for all leather. Do not overload the weight in your bag, that can modify the shape of the fiber and leather.

ANGELA DAMMAN FOR NEUE NOWHand-woven henequén-fiber clutch. Features include a zip closure, removable wristlet of braided sansevieria-fiber, and a linen-lined interior. Includes cotton canvas storage pouch.Pale Blue / Beige7½ x 12 in. Available with henequén front and back, or henequén front and calfskin leather back.Handcrafted by artisans in the Yucatán, henequén is a natural plant fiber extracted from the leaves of agave fourcroydes, a species indigenous to the Yucatán Peninsula. Prized for its beauty and strength, Henequén textiles become more luminous and supple with use. Dyed by hand with traditional techniques, some pigment transfer may be expected. Normal use and prolonged exposure to the sun may cause changes to the fiber’s color. Store inside the included cotton dust cover in a cool and dry place, out of direct sunlight.May be professionally cleaned. For light stains, you may use a damp cloth and mild soap. Professional dry cleaning is recommended for all leather. Do not overload the weight in your bag, that can modify the shape of the fiber and leather.

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Cythera Shawl

The Shadow of the Empress: Fairy-Tale Opera and the End of the Habsburg Monarchy

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