Furniture magazine of the carpenter's office in Hanover
The furniture magazine of the Hanoverian carpenter's office was an establishment founded in the 19th century by master carpenter in Hanover for the exhibition and sale of furniture as well as arts and crafts and artistic products for the design of interior design .
History and description
Even before the industrialization of the Kingdom of Hanover , the magistrates of the Hanoverian Carpenter's Office founded a furniture magazine in 1825. The main goal was the joint presentation of exclusively "excellently crafted furniture" and other handicraft products of the magistrates for the purpose of sale without intermediaries .
In the first few years, only premises were initially rented, initially on Burgstrasse , then on Pferdestrasse.
Shortly after the completion of the Royal Court Theater , built by Georg Ludwig Friedrich Laves in the royal seat , in 1853 a separate office building was completed and occupied at Theaterplatz 16 . The building bought by the members of the carpenter's office "with heavy sacrifices" - it was later named Haus Gödeckemeyer - could only be paid for with additional financing of 4070 thalers in shares of 5 thalers each, with the shares being drawn and redeemed in 6 years were.
Later the architect Albrecht Haupt designed a new building for the furniture store at the address Langelaube 7A at the time, "easily recognizable by its massive shapes ." On all floors " artist- designed furniture, upholstery, decorative fabrics and carpets [exhibited], as well as all arts and crafts items that are used to decorate a home", including pictures.
In the meantime, two companies had established themselves under the company name “Möbelmagazin des Tischleramts”; on the one hand the point of sale of the products manufactured by the magistrates, on the other hand the products of the legal person carpenter's office , which offered fabrics, curtains and carpets in addition to upholstered furniture.
Members of the joiner's office
Until the mid-1920s, the following companies were still known as members of the carpenter's office with their addresses, divisions and founding dates:
- August Heinze , Fernroderstrasse 20 and Kestnerstrasse 33, construction and furniture joinery, fine business facilities, founded in 1857
- Georg Günther , Heinrichstraße 63, construction and furniture joinery, business furnishings, office for interior design, founded in 1870
- Gebr. Hasselmann , Taubenfeld 19, art and furniture joinery, founded in 1873
- Rudolf Barbre , Weißenkreuzstraße 19, art and furniture joinery , founded in 1874
- Wilh. Heitmüller , Taubenfeld 9, art and furniture joinery, founded in 1874
- Adolf Probst , Seelhorstraße 10a, furniture joinery, founded in 1874
- Eduard Ehbrecht , Steintorfeldstraße 13a, art and furniture joinery, founded by A. Ehbrecht in 1875
- Jos. Ehbrecht , Steintorfeldstraße 14, art and furniture joinery, founded by Andreas Ehbrecht in 1875
- Ernst Röhrs , Vossstraße 54, workshops for modern apartment and business furnishings, interior fittings, founded in 1875
- Friedrich Londenberg , Kollenrodtstraße 10, art and furniture joinery, founded in 1886
- Carl Senne , Weissekreuzstraße 16a, art and furniture joinery, founded in 1889
- Gebr. Ehbrecht , Alemannstrasse 4, founded in 1903
Archival material
Archival materials from and about the furniture store of the Hanover carpenter's office can be found, for example
- as a file with the title furniture magazine of the carpenter's office in Hanover for the period from 1897 to 1908 in the Lower Saxony State Archives (Hanover location) , subdivision of the District President Hanover (1885–1945) , archive signature NLA HA Hann. 180 Hannover No. 00398 (old archive signature Hann. 180 Hannover No. 01291 )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Paul Siedentopf (chief editor ): Furniture magazine of the carpenter's office in Hanover, Langelaube 7A. Fernruf Nord 1184. Workshops for furniture, upholstery and decorations. Exhibition of arts and crafts objects, carpets, pictures, etc. , in this: The book of the old companies of the city of Hanover in 1927 , with the help of Karl Friedrich Leonhardt (compilation of the picture material), Jubiläums-Verlag Walter Gerlach, Leipzig 1927, p. 300 -301
- ↑ a b o. V .: The carpenter's office , in Paul Wolf (arrangement): Hanover (= Germany's urban development ), ed. in agreement with the City of Hanover, Deutscher Architektur- und Industrie-Verlag (DARI), Berlin-Halensee 1922, p. 161
- ^ Waldemar R. Röhrbein : Opernhaus , in: Stadtlexikon Hannover , pp. 487-488
- ^ Information about the Arcinsys Lower Saxony Bremen archive information system