Conrad Giger
Conrad Giger (baptized September 14, 1559 in Basel ; buried August 26, 1635 there ) was a Swiss carpenter .
Life
Conrad Giger was the son of the Pfullendorf carpenter Mathis Giger the Elder . Like his two younger brothers Leonhard and Mathis , he learned to be a carpenter. In 1586 he acquired the guild rights of the Basel spinning weather guild . In 1598, together with Hans Walter , Franz Pergo and his brother Mathis Giger, he created the “head stalls” for the Basel Minster . After 1600 he worked as an advocate or as a bailiff at the city court. From 1613 to 1636 he was a member of the board of his guild and from 1614 to 1635 also worked as its clerk.
literature
- Dieter Pfister : Franz Pergo. On furniture art in north-west Switzerland around 1600, Basel 1984; ISBN 3-906430-51-0 .
- Dieter Pfister, Sabine Häberli, Astrid Kübli: Basler Möbelkunst from 1450 to 1950 , Basel 2002; ISBN 3-7965-1893-1
- Stefan Hess / Wolfgang Loescher : Furniture in Basel. Art and craft of the carpenters until 1798, Basel 2012; ISBN 978-3-85616-545-1
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| SURNAME | Giger, Conrad |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Geiger, Conrad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss carpenter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized September 14, 1559 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | buried August 26, 1635 |
| Place of death | Basel |