Gisela Falke von Lilienstein


Gisela Falke Von Lilienstein was an Austrian designer who designed ceramics, glassware, jewelry, lighting, and furniture for the Wiener Werkstätte. Her work was exhibited in Vienna Secessionist exhibitions and international expositions.

Education

Falke von Lilienstein studied at the Vienna Kunstgewerbeschule from 1895-1904 with Josef Hoffman and others.

Work

Falke von Lilienstein's work was shown as part of the Exposition Universelle ; her wares — along with those by other artists — were displayed in a room designed by Josef Hoffmann, as if in a private home, rather than a gallery or museum setting.
Falk Von Lilienstein, along with four women and five male colleagues, founded the exhibiting group Wiener Kunst im Hause in 1901. Her and her colleagues' work in this group was well received by supporters of the modern movement in design. The exhibitions were notes for the "simple practicality of their designs" as well as their "feminine creativity." The exhibitions included porcelain coffee sets and embroidered table linens among other designs, which evoked traditional Austrian Folk art.
Journalists, including Berta Zuckerkandl, praised their designs for ceramics, metalwork, textiles, furnishings and interiors in publications such as Das Interieur, Wiener Mode and Dokumente der Frauen. Falk Von Lilienstein also worked at the E. Bakalovitz & Söhne shop.