The exhibition presents a textile designer for Prague Castle

The exhibition is organized by the Museum of the Capital City of Prague at its Study and Documentation Center Norbertov in Střešovice. It was prepared for the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Czechoslovakia and will run until September 29 of next year.

According to the exhibition's author, Marie Szadkowská, the work of Božena Rothmayerová is becoming known to a broader public in connection with the availability of the Rothmayer family's house in Prague's Břevnov. Rothmayer was closely associated with Slovenian architect Josip Plečnik, with whom he collaborated on the modifications of the Castle and on the Vinohrady Church. Concurrently, he also designed for private clients, primarily in Prague. He is the author of three family villas. His own villa from the late 1920s, where the family lived until 2008, is now managed by the city museum.

Rothmayerová's professional career was shaped by her upbringing in a family of lace-makers, particularly her mother Marie Horneková, and her studies in lace at the School of Applied Arts in Prague. After graduating, she worked as a teacher of textile art at vocational schools in Velké Meziříčí and Brno. At the turn of 1929 and 1930, she presented at the Civilized Woman exhibition with the subtitle How a Cultivated Woman Should Dress a modern concept of women's wardrobes based on the composability of individual garments and pant combinations.

After marrying Otto Rothmayer in 1930, she moved to Prague, where her collaboration with Alice Masaryková began. Both were prominent figures in the women's emancipation movement. The daughter of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk brought progressive themes into interwar Czechoslovak society, including reflections on the education of young girls—future modern women.

Between 1926 and 1939, Božena Rothmayerová contributed to the enhancement of the interiors of the Castle with textile elements—designing tablecloths and napkins, decorative bedspreads, carpets, and other textiles including Alice Masaryková's wardrobe. She also received commissions for furnishing the interiors of the castles in Lány and Topolčianky and in the private residence of the Masaryks in Bystrička, Slovakia. The collaboration continued until 1939, when Alice Masaryková emigrated to England before the Second World War.