User:Rivermakeart/Lilly Reich

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Reich was born in Berlin. She started her career as a designer of textiles and women's clothes. This experience was to be formative for her – giving her a particular interest in contrasting textures and materials, as well as specific skills with regard to the use of textiles in furniture.

She worked in the studio of Josef Hoffmann in Vienna from 1908. Hoffmann was a celebrated modernist designer, responsible for designs such as the Kubus chair (1918), Cabinet (circa 1915), Koller (1911), and Broncia (1912) chairs.

In 1912 she joined the Deutscher Werkbund, a government sponsored organization dedicated to the promotion of German-made products and designs. This was to be a lasting passion and recurring theme in her career.

In early 1932 Reich became an important member of the Bauhaus in Dessau, tasked with leading the weaving workshop and the building/finishing department. She also went on to play a similar role at the Bauhaus in Berlin for the remainder of that year.