Abstract
There are more than one thousand samples of the Bauhaus weaver Otti Berger's textiles in the Busch-Reisinger Museum Archives at Harvard, many of which are variations on the same basic design. They include a sample book from a series of textiles based on her patent, “Möbelstoff-Doppelgewebe,” which she applied for in 1932 and received in 1934.1 With the words “Schriever-Rosshaar Doppel Gewebe, o.b., Deutsches Reichspatent” and a logo bearing two mirrored horses emblazoned across its bright yellow cover, the sample book opens to fifty or so swatches based on three distinct textile patterns made of nylon, each in various colors.2 Having patented her invention, Berger signed over production rights to the Schriever corporation with the condition that her initials be imprinted on the book and all samples, so a simple “o.b.” appears on the cover and within the Schriever trademark.
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