Philipp Haas & Sons
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 30 ″ N , 16 ° 22 ′ 18 ″ O Philipp Haas & Sons was a factory founded by the industrialist Philipp Haas in Vienna in 1810for the production of carpets and upholstery fabrics .
history
Philipp Haas (1791–1870) founded the company in 1810. After the death of his father in 1818, he took over his weaving business, which was built in 1790 and which he continuously expanded. After graduating from a factory drawing school, he began producing clothing fabrics in his own workshop in 1825, furniture fabrics in 1831 and carpets in 1845. After his sons Eduard Haas (1827–1880) and Robert Haas (1825–1876) joined the company, from 1851 the company was renamed "Philipp Haas & Sons".
Carpet weaving achieved a world-wide reputation for weaving patterns based on oriental style templates. Haas founded factories in the Austrian communities of Ebergassing and Mitterndorf , in Hlinsko ( Bohemia , 1849), in Aranyos-Maróth (Hungary), in Bradford (England, 1856), in Lissone near Milan (1862) and opened sales branches in Milan, Prague, Graz, Bucharest and Berlin. At first, the old fabrics were reproduced exactly, later new designs by important artists (Hansen, Ferstel, Storck, Hatzinger, F. Fischbach, etc.) were used. His sons Eduard and Robert continued the business after his death.
In 1866 a magnificent building was built by the architects August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Nüll opposite St. Stephen's Cathedral, in which the carpet shop of "Philipp Haas & Sons" was housed. This was the first large department store in Vienna. Today the Haas house by the architect Hans Hollein stands on the site .
In 1867 Eduard received the Grand Cross of the Franz Joseph Order. He was honored for his special achievements, such as building workers 'apartments or creating a workers' pension fund.
Philipp Haas & Sons presented their goods at the 1873 World Exhibition in Vienna. With their upholstery fabrics, tapestries and carpets based on designs by Storck, they represented the top of the Austrian textile industry. Eduard Haas was also a member of the Imperial Exhibition Commission of the World's Fair. Philipp Haas was appointed kuk court carpet and upholstery fabric supplier .
Edward's son Philipp took over the business in the third generation . After the end of the First World War, Philipp Haas became impoverished and committed suicide in 1926.
The English company John Crossley and Sons bought into the company in 1883, and for this purpose it was converted into a stock corporation, the majority of which went to the English company. The official company name was changed to "Österreichisch-Englische Actiengesellschaft der Carpets and Upholstery Fabric Factories formerly Philipp Haas & Sons". Philipp was installed as president, given part of the equity stake, and increased company production as John Crossley and Sons took a certain stake.
In 1939 the company statutes were adapted to the German Stock Corporation Act and revised. In 1900 the Ebergassing factory was realigned, the cotton spinning mill in Mitterndorf was closed and the factory was sold. The company at Stumpergasse 5 in Vienna was relocated to Ebergassing, the Bradford factory was closed and that in Hlinsko was restructured.
The factory in Hlinsko was closed during the Second World War and cloth production started in the Ebergassing factory in 1933. In 1957 the company received the state award and was allowed to use the federal coat of arms in business dealings. In 1960 the Ebergassing factory was sold to Karl Eybls "First Austrian Mechanical Coco Carpet and Mat Factory". In 1982 the company was dissolved.
Participations and shareholder structure (as of 1943)
- Philipp Haas & Sons sales stock corporation, Vienna
- Vienna Carpet and Textile Wholesale GmbH, Vienna
- Philipp Haas & Sons Aktiengesellschaft, Prague
- Philipp Haas & Sons Aktiengesellschaft, Pressburg
- Sopron and Ujpester Cloth and Carpet Factory Public Company, Budapest
In 1943 the " Creditanstalt-Bankverein " is documented as a major shareholder of the company.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Haas, Philipp . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 6th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1860, pp. 104–107 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Retro library
- Entry on Philipp Haas in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Historical securities with short bio
Individual evidence
- ^ Jutta Pemsel: The Vienna World Exhibition of 1873: The Wilhelminian Vienna at the turning point. Vienna / Cologne, Böhlau Verlag 1989, p. 55, ISBN 3205052471
- ^ Jutta Pemsel: The Vienna World Exhibition of 1873: The Wilhelminian Vienna at the turning point. Vienna / Cologne, Böhlau Verlag 1989, p. 55, ISBN 3205052471
- ↑ Article in: Neue Freie Presse , September 12, 1883, p. 8 (online at ANNO ).
- ↑ Big Business in Austria. Austrian large companies in brief descriptions , Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 1987, ISBN 3486537717 , p. 102