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In addition to landscapes and still-lifes, she designed stained glass, clothing and decorative book covers.

She also worked as a commercial artist, notably for the firms Bahlsen and Günther Wagner (a pharmaceutical company, now a division of Pelikan AG).

[3] In 1909, she designed the lobster trademark for the food company, Appel Feinkost [de] which, in a slightly modernized form, is still in use today.

In 1911, she became a member of the artistic advisory board of Bahlsen and designed a poster depicting their historic headquarters on the Podbielskistraße [de].

In 1913, a major article about her in Das Plakat [de], a magazine devoted to poster art.

Advertisement for the "Kammgarnspinnerei Hampe", [ 1 ] from the Illustrirte Zeitung
The Appel Feinkost lobster.