Imperial Furniture Collection

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Imperial Furniture Collection
(Hofmobiliendepot)
The Imperial Furniture Collection in Vienna
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Established1747 (1747)
LocationVienna, Austria
TypeFurniture museum
OwnerBundesmuseen [de]
Websitewww.Hofmobiliendepot.at
Entrance from the Mariahilferstrasse

The Imperial Furniture Collection (

furniture museum that houses one of the most important collections of furniture in the world.[1]

Today, the museum mainly contains

Josef Hoffmann and Otto Wagner, who characterized the domestic architecture
of Vienna.

The main building is located in Andreasgasse 7 in the 7th Vienna district of Neubau.

History

In 1747, the first Court Furniture Inspector (Hofmobilieninspektor) was entrusted with the inventory control, care and transportation of the furniture belonging to the imperial court of Empress

coach houses, was built as a central storage facility for furniture not actually being used. Because the Habsburgs
furnished their residences and palaces in accordance with the style of the period and their own aesthetic taste, 160,000 items ended up in the exhibition. Anything that was no longer used, just made its way to the depot.

After the end of the

Danube monarchy
in 1919 the entire imperial furniture collection was transferred to the Republic of Austria. Part of it was, and is, used for representative purposes, for example for the official residences of the federal presidents.

Collection

Today a large number of original items of furniture belonging to the Habsburgs may be seen in the museum, from commodes to imperial thrones. Even exhibits that appear strange today can be seen, such as the spittoons that were de rigueur a hundred years ago.

Austrian furniture designers and architects of the 20th century are also represented.

Organizationally, the Imperial Furniture Collection is part of the Schönbrunn Palace Cultural and Joint Operating Company (Schloss Schönbrunn Kultur- und Betriebsges.m.b.H.)

All federal government ministers may borrow furniture for their chancellery for the time of their period in office. Embassies draw on furniture from this depot and film companies also use original furniture for their films.

See also

References

  1. ^ The history of the museum at www.hofmobiliendepot.at. Accessed on 23 Aug 2013

Literature

  • Eva B. Ottillinger (author), Lieselotte Hanzl: Kaiserliche Interieurs. Böhlau Verlag, Vienna, (2001).
    ISBN 3205986806

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