Mathis Giger the elder
Mathis Giger (mentioned from 1556 in Basel ; † 1582 ibid) was a Swiss carpenter of German origin.
Life
Mathis Giger came from Pfullendorf and is documented as a carpenter in Basel from 1556, where he acquired the guild rights of the spinning weather guild . 1578–1582 he created the vault cladding and the interior fittings in the art cabinet of the lawyer and art collector Basilius Amerbach , for whom he created additional furniture and picture frames in 1580. The only thing that has survived is a coin box, which is now in the Basel Historical Museum . He died of the plague in 1582.
His three sons Conrad , Leonhard and Mathis also learned to be a carpenter.
literature
- Stefan Hess , Wolfgang Loescher : Furniture in Basel. Art and craft of the carpenters until 1798 (= writings of the Historisches Museum Basel. Vol. 18). Christoph-Merian-Verlag, Basel 2012, ISBN 978-3-85616-545-1 .
- Dieter Pfister , Sabine Häberli, Astrid Kübli: Basler Möbelkunst from 1450 to 1950. Schwabe, Basel 2002, ISBN 3-7965-1893-1 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Giger, Mathis the Elder |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Geiger, Mathis; Giger, Mathis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss carpenter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1540 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1582 |
| Place of death | Basel |