Anton Pössenbacher

Anton Pössenbacher (born October 6, 1842 in Munich , † July 4, 1920 in Munich) was a leading Munich court carpenter and court furniture manufacturer in the historicist era .

biography

Buffet (1874) with paintings of Ceres and Bacchus by Arnold Böcklin

Pössenbacher attended the arts and crafts school in Munich. a. H. Dyck and J. Knabl. He then worked from 1860 to 1863 in Vienna, Berlin, Cologne, Paris and London as a carpenter and draftsman. In 1866 he took over his father's joiner's rights for 10,000 guilders and in 1873 he bought a two-day-work property with water power from a carpenter at Baumstrasse 3 (later Jahnstrasse 45) in Munich, which he expanded into a large furniture factory.

His company was a European leader in the manufacture of luxury furniture in the 19th century. In particular, he furnished the royal apartments of the castles Linderhof , Herrenchiemsee and Neuschwanstein with furniture that was created according to the wishes of King Ludwig II , but often based on his own drawings. He also created facilities for the residence in Munich itself and for Trausnitz Castle .

In 1886/87 he furnished a library room in Bucharest Castle for King Charles I according to his own designs, and he created the restoration room for the Reichstag building according to a design by Paul Wallot . For other clients such as manufacturers, merchants and landowners, he usually supplied complete furnishings for their townhouses and villas.

Ibach-Welte wing 1924. Original design by Anton Pössenbacher for the Hotel Adlon in Berlin in 1905

Anton Pössenbacher received the title of Kgl. Court furniture manufacturers and commercial councilors . Together with Gabriel von Seidl and his childhood friend Rudolf Seitz, he campaigned for the revival of the Renaissance style .

His furniture factory was taken over by his son Heinrich Pössenbacher .

tomb

Grave of Anton Pössenbacher on the old southern cemetery in Munich location

The grave of Anton Possenbacher is on the old southern cemetery in Munich (wall right place at 286/287 burial ground 14) location .

Works

• Interior of the castles Linderhof, Neuschwanstein and Herrenchiemsee for King Ludwig II.

literature

• Ottomeyer, Hans: A secret designer - Hans Jehly and Anton Pössenbacher. In: Furniture History Journal 1991, pp. 149–157.
• Schick, Afra: furniture for the fairy tale king. Ludwig II and the Munich court carpenter Anton Pössenbacher. Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt 2003. ISBN 3-89790-186-2