Carl Leistler & Son
| Carl Leistler & Son | |
|---|---|
| legal form | |
| founding | 1794 |
| Seat | Vienna |
| management | Leistler family |
Carl Leistler & Sohn was an important parquet factory and joinery in Vienna .
history
Mathias Leistler founded the company in 1794. From 1828 it was taken over by his son Carl Leistler (1805–1857). In 1842 a factory for the production of furniture, fine joiner's goods and parquet was built in Gumpendorf , which was the first in Vienna to be equipped with woodworking machines brought from France . Already in the years 1842–1847 the company participated in the adaptation work in the Majorate House of Prince Alois von und zu Liechtenstein by producing the finest carpentry, furniture and parquet floors and already won the first prize, the Council Medal, at the London Great Exhibition in 1851.
After the death of Carl Leistler sen. his son became the sole owner.
The firm's most significant tiling works include the Budapest Castle Palace , the Sultan's apartments in Constantinople (1855); Deliveries for the Constantinople companies WF Grathwoll, Alexander Vitalis, A. Eliasco, Mig. Bahadir, etc. (1858); the Palais Mischa von Anastasievitch in Belgrade , the Creditanstalt für Handel und Gewerbe , and the Westbahnhof in Vienna (1860); the Heinrichshof in Vienna for Heinrich Drasche , the hotel "Oesterreichischer Hof", then work for the company H. Dabelstein & Co. in Hamburg, Josef Oppenheimer in Manchester , for castle owners in England and Scotland (1863); the ceremonial halls of the Vienna Hofburg , the foyer and buffet in the kk Hofoperntheater (1868); also works for the Viennese construction company, in the Palais of Count Larisch, in the Palais Archduke Carl Ludwig , in the Augarten building , in the apartments of Crown Prince Rudolf in the Vienna Hofburg, and many others.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carl Leistler & Son . In: Presented by the industrialists of Austria under the high protectorate of His K. and K. Highness of the Most Serene Archduke Franz Ferdinand (Hrsg.): Die Groß-Industrie Oesterreichs . Festival ceremony for the glorious fiftieth anniversary of the reign of His Majesty the Emperor Franz Josef I. Volume 3 . Leopold Weiss, Vienna 1898, VII. Wood and carved ware industry; Home furnishings, p. 316 .
literature
- Leistler, Carl. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 111.