Valerian Gillar
Valerian Gillar (born April 28, 1839 in Freiberg in Moravia (Příbor), † January 23, 1927 in Vienna ) was the owner of a Viennese building and art locksmith's shop of the same name and, as such, purveyor to the court . The company's workshop was located at Siebenbrunnengasse 9, in the 5th district of Vienna .
History and work
In 1880 Gillar exhibited "a chandelier, a console including a lamp, door and window fittings, a lantern, two curtain holders and some chandeliers made of wrought iron in the Renaissance style" at the Lower Austrian trade exhibition. This participation was crowned with success, Gillar received the "First Class Medal". In 1881, Emperor Franz Joseph I awarded the court fitter Gillar the gold Cross of Merit . In 1894 Gillar took part in the Antwerp World's Fair, where he "worked a wrought iron clock freehand and two girandoles in the same design as the clock" presented. Gillar also took part in the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris - in this case with “extremely narrow columns” of display cases in which “the goods on display can be shown to their fullest advantage”.
The Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Vienna is a prominent building on which the quality of the works from Gilar's workshop can still be recognized in public spaces . For these, Gillar had made the fittings on the entrance doors "coarse Romanesque, stylish and powerful".
At the end of 1906, Gillar opened a branch in the Palais Brassican-Wilczek ( Herrengasse 5), in which "samples of lighting fixtures for gas and electric light in brass and copper were on display".
An insight into the range of products from Gilar's workshop at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries is provided by his May 1899 price book , copies of which are preserved in the Iron Library and in the Berlin State Library . The title announces "wrought-iron leaves, tulips & rosettes". The book contains 39 plates with models of "embossed and soft-hammered wrought-iron ornaments", for which the prices are then given in Austrian guilders. The May 1899 price book suggests that Valerian Gillar not only had Viennese customers but also an international market in mind by offering customers the opportunity to communicate in French, English and Czech.
Web links
- Website of the iron library about Gilar's price book from May 1899 (essential basis for this article)
- sv Gillar Valerian In: Felix Czeike : Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 2. Vienna 2004, p. 542 (wrong place of birth there)
- sv Valerian Gillar in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna (wrong place of birth there)
- Entry in Adolph Lehmann's general housing indicator 1899, p. 332 (Vienna address book)
- Location of Gilar's workshop at Siebenbrunnengasse 9 and building information on Vienna's cultural property
Individual evidence
- ^ Registration form in the Vienna City and State Archives. Retrieved June 9, 2017 .
- ↑ The Fatherland. August 15, 1880, Retrieved June 9, 2017 .
- ^ Wiener Zeitung. September 18, 1880, Retrieved June 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Morning Post. May 6, 1881, Retrieved June 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Grazer Volksblatt. July 3, 1894, Retrieved June 9, 2017 .
- ^ Deutsches Volksblatt. April 10, 1900. Retrieved June 9, 2017 .
- ↑ The construction technician. December 21, 1906. Retrieved June 9, 2017 .
- ↑ The construction technician. December 28, 1906. Retrieved June 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Valerian Gillar: Price book in May 1899. In: Ironcat, online catalog of the Iron Library. Retrieved June 14, 2017 .
- ↑ Valerian Gillar: Price book in May 1899. In: StaBiKat, online catalog of the Berlin State Library. Retrieved June 14, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gillar, Valerian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | locksmith |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freiberg in Moravia (Příbor) |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 23, 1927 |
| Place of death | Vienna |