Upholsterer

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Upholsterer at Work (1984)
Upholsterer commercial coat of arms, Vienna (around 1900)

Upholsterer (from French tapissier ) is the job title for a craftsman who, among other things, is responsible for covering walls with wallpaper .

In Germany, this activity usually requires training in the interior decorating trade or in the painting and varnishing trade .

In Austria, the training ordinance of the Ministry of Economic Affairs stipulates a three-year dual training course for the apprenticeship “wallpaperer and decorator” . Unlike in Germany, the trade is regulated. This meant that appropriate training was required to practice the profession and that a master craftsman's examination was required to run a wallpapering business.

The field of activity of the upholsterer has been very extensive since the beginning of the profession and includes, among other things, the application of wall and ceiling coverings almost all tasks of draping , furnishing and decorating rooms, halls and other rooms, including the production of window and bed curtains, screens , Fireplace screens , canopies and canopies , upholstery , mattresses and the like. The profession corresponded roughly to that of today's interior decorator (see there). The office of courtyard paper worker was a purchasable charge in royal and princely houses .

Upholsterer and decorator - Austria

Since 1998 the official name of the profession in Austria has been "upholsterer and decorator". Until a few years ago still called "upholsterer and bedding manufacturer", the name change reflected the change in the job description, as the production of bedding (here also, and above all, horsehair mattresses) became increasingly less important. For comparison: in 1952 the following trades (and trades) were still managed separately: "upholsterers and bedding manufacturers", "vehicle upholsterers", "decorators", "self-rolling and blinds manufacturers".

Professional profile

In Austria, according to the Federal Law Gazette, the professional profile of "upholsterer and decorator" is defined as follows:

1. Measurement of rooms and determination of material requirements,

2. Assessment, checking of the condition of floors, ceilings and walls as well as preparation of the substrates e.g. by cleaning, brushing, sanding, vacuuming, repairing imperfections, prepainting,

3. Design and manufacture of curtains and decorations as well as assembling of carnival and curtain systems,

4. Applying wall and ceiling coating materials such as wallpaper, wall coverings, wall coverings and wall coating materials by trellising, laying, gluing, covering and covering,

5. Laying of floor coverings, especially carpets, fitted carpets, elastic floor coverings as well as parquet and laminate floors,

6. Manufacture and assembly of light, privacy and sun protection systems, e.g. by covering sun protection systems,

7. Construction of classic and modern upholstered furniture and repair of upholstered furniture,

8. Carry out work taking into account the relevant safety and environmental protection regulations as well as norms and quality standards.

Additional skills

According to § 150 GewO 1994 "Rights of individual regulated trades", the following additional qualifications apply to wallpaperers and decorators:

(20) Upholsterers and decorators (§ 94 Z 68) are also authorized to paint rooms and to lay floor coverings with the exception of artificial stone, natural stone, earthenware and ceramic coverings. Upholsterers and decorators are also entitled to lay parquet floors.

Wallpapering as a regulated trade

In Austria, unlike in Germany, the upholsterer and decorator trade is a regulated trade according to Section 94 of the Trade Regulations 1994 and therefore requires a relevant master craftsman's examination to run an independent business.

Legal professional representation

The Austrian federal guild of upholsterers, decorators and saddlers is the legal representative of the interests of the independent commercial enterprises in Austria. It is an independent specialist organization within the Austrian Chamber of Commerce with its own area of ​​activity and represents members from the upholstery and decorators and saddlers industry.

History of the Viennese upholsterers

In general, the history of upholsterers is also linked to the historical development of materials and techniques.

1625 - the first documented mention of the upholsterer in Vienna under the name "ceiling maker".

1627 - Ferdinand II confirms the upholstery trade.

1696 - Leopold I grants a patent for the bourgeois upholsterer.

1698 - in Christoph Weigel's status book , the upholstery trade is assigned to the bag makers because they "The bag makers not only cover all sorts of armchairs and chairs with leather / cloth / velvet / gold-embroidered brocard / but also coat them with brass / silver / and gilded nails / also precious borders and fringes. They also sometimes paper in the absence of the proper upholsterers / grand gentlemen audience halls and other splendid rooms / with all sorts of gilded leather and very art / rich / knitted highly valued wallpaper "

1725 - Master upholsterer Sigismund Johann Hipp, founds the upholsterers' shop and creates the first "Maisterbuch their bourgeois wallpapering"

1738 - Upholsterer statutes are issued and the guild is awarded the "Great Island of the Bourgeois Tappeziren". With this, there is, most likely, a strict demarcation of the craft

1773 -. August 28th. Maria Theresa issues a new handicraft regulation for upholsterers, which defines the organization of the guild as well as the masterpieces. The following masterpieces were required: 1 caprioloet armchair with armrests, 1 round canapé , 1 screen ( paravant ) made of paper on canvas, and 1 French-style pavilion bed . The apprenticeship lasts between 4 and 5 years.

National Socialism - Aryanized Viennese upholsterers

The following upholsterers in the 3rd district of Vienna were Aryanized under the rule of the National Socialists:

title First name Surname Home address Last address job Date of birth fate annotation Stone d. Ged. since File number source Z No. (*) Explanation
Heinrich Farmer Custozzagasse 10 2, Zirkusgasse 21/11 Upholsterer January 17, 1885 October 15, 1941 Lodz, died January 26, 1942 In 1931 a conference of the 'Association of working Jews', district organization III / XI took place in the restaurant S. Litmann, for which Adolf Flaster, residing at Rennweg 77 and Heinrich Bauer, residing at Löwengasse 26 were responsible // Store: Löweng. 26 and 32 DÖW (Exenberger), Hann
Joseph cornerstone Kölblgasse 6 2, Hollandstrasse 14 Upholsterer December 15, 1883 January 11, 1942 Riga Store Kölblg. 6 aryanized DÖW z8665 Company information about the DÖW
Jacques Falticzek Neulinggasse 16 Upholsterer unknown Escape, fate unknown Shop 2, Harkortstrasse 9 aryanized DÖW
Friedrich Friedmann Lissagasse 3 Upholsterer March 26, 1885 Escape, fate unknown Seeböck, IKW
Franz Glaziers Apostelgasse 25-27 2, Floßgasse 2/6 Upholsterer June 5, 1883 November 23, 1941 Kovno, died November 29, 1941 Mus, IKG
David Verdigris Dietrichgasse 59–63 / Stg 19 Upholsterer unknown died April 12, 1938 Reason for termination non-Aryans IKG, Kment
Moritz Hirschler Kolonitzgasse 2a 2, Schiffamtsgasse 17/4 Upholsterer June 6, 1883 February 6, 1942 Riga J, DÖW, IKG
Oscar Kalman Esteplatz 7 Upholsterer August 11, 1889 Escape, fate unknown S-Africa 2018 J, Curtin, IKG
Paul Mayer Landstraßer Hauptstrasse 70 2, Herminengasse 19 Upholsterer February 13, 1891 May 20, 1942 Maly Trostinec / Minsk, murdered May 26, 1942 J, DÖW
Elijah Mohl Baumgasse 37–41 / Stg 24 2, Novaragasse 40 Upholsterer November 13, 1876 February 26, 1941 Opole IKG
Leo Oser Dapontegasse 5 Upholsterer unknown Escape Australia Upholstery Daponteg. 5 aryanized W, DÖW z8665 Company information about the DÖW
Samuel Joker Upper Weißgerberlände 10–12 Upholsterer unknown October 2, 1939 Buchenwald concentration camp, murdered January 5, 1940 J, IKG, DÖW, Hann
Emanuel Minstrel Rudolf-von-Alt-Platz 6 1, Biberstrasse 14/7 Upholsterer June 30, 1882 February 10, 1942 - October 8, 1942 Sandhof labor camp - October 9, 1942 Theresienstadt concentration camp (survived) DÖW
Jean Telch Göschlgasse 7/29 1, Passauerplatz 6 Upholsterer December 25, 1881 January 26, 1942 Riga IKG
Gerson Weihs Kollergasse 6 2, Novaragasse 46 Upholsterer November 6, 1878 January 26, 1942 Riga J, IKG, Hann

proof

  1. ^ Painter and upholsterer on the website of the Federal Employment Agency.
  2. ↑ Upholsterer and decorator , training regulations and professional profile on the website of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (accessed on December 6, 2014)
  3. ↑ Upholsterer and decorator training regulations. (PDF) Federal legal information, June 30, 1998, accessed on October 13, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Federal Law Gazette for the Republic of Austria. (PDF) In: Federal Law: Trade Law Amendment 1952. Federal Chancellery, September 3, 1952, accessed on October 13, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Federal Chancellery: Federal Law Gazette for the Republic of Austria: upholsterer and decorator training regulations. Federal Chancellery, April 28, 2011, accessed on October 13, 2019 .
  6. ↑ ADVOKAT Unternehmensberatung: § 150 GewO 1994 (trade regulations 1994), rights of individual regulated trades - JUSLINE Austria. Retrieved October 13, 2019 .
  7. ↑ m63mul: Regulated Trade - Overview in alphabetical order. Commercial law, data protection and civil status (Municipal Department 63), accessed on October 13, 2019 .
  8. ^ Austrian Federal Guild of Decorators
  9. ^ Johann Jakob Heinrich Czikann, Franz Gräffer: Oesterreichische National-Encyklopädie, or, Alphabetical presentation of the most remarkable peculiarities of the Austrian Empire: in consideration of nature, life and institutions ... (Excellent for the modern and most recent times.) . At the expense of the two editors, in commission of the F. Beck'schen Universitäts-Buchhandlung, 1836 ( google.at [accessed on October 20, 2019]).
  10. ^ Jewish population of Vienna Landstrasse database query. Retrieved October 20, 2019 .

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