Thank you card from Anna Mautnerto Michael HaberlandtBoardGrundlsee, 15 September 1924Volkskundemuseum Wien, archiveFollowing Konrad Mautner’s death in 1924,Michael Haberlandt wrote an obituary in thejournalWiener Zeitschrift für Volkskunde.He described Mautner’s“passion for­everything authentically folkloric in the lifeof our Alpine people, with whom he enjoyedan unusual intimacy from his years of closecontact”. A card dated September 1924from Anna Mautner has survived, on whichshe explicitly expresses her gratitude forthis obituary.MPLetter, Anna Mautner toArthur HaberlandtPaperGrundlsee, 9 September 1934Volkskundemuseum Wien, archiveLetter, Anna Mautner to ArthurHaberlandtPaperLinz, 12 October 1934Volkskundemuseum Wien, archiveFrom 1934 on, Anna Mautner continued tohave business and personal contact withthe museum and with Director Haberlandt.Possibly in connection with the traditionalcostume advice centre(“Trachtenbera-tungsstelle”) and shop in the museum, sheoffered blueprint and fabric samples fromthe printing company she had foundedin 1930. Shortly afterwards she wrote oftourist sales successes, also at the exhibi-tion -Folkloric Handicrafts(“VolkstümlichesHandwerk”) at the Vienna fair.MPConfirmation of a loan by Anna Mautnerto the museum of patternprinting blocksPaperVienna, 23 May 1935Volkskundemuseum Wien, archiveLoan receipt for pattern printing blockswith listPaperVienna, 23 May 1935Volkskundemuseum Wien, archiveLoan list, inv. no. with pattern name,loan chargePaperVienna, 26 April 1937Volkskundemuseum Wien, archivePattern Printing BlocksHardwood, brassTyrol, early 19th cent.Inventoried 1896Volkskundemuseum Wien, ÖMV/3627Before 1938, Anna Mautner paid to borrowpattern printing blocks from the museum.In 1935 her fabric hand-printing businesswas entered in the register of companies.Her products which were produced inVienna under the brand nameGrundlseerHanddrucke, still exert an influence of­traditional costumes and fashions in theSalzkammergut to this day.MPGingerbread mould: a post hornPuttyEarly 20th cent.Inventoried 1911Volkskundemuseum Wien, ÖMV/26355Stephan Mautner presented objects to theVolkskundemuseum on many occasions,including seventy-three gingerbread moulds,two of which are included in this exhibition.MP119