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Poetry of the Ornament

The Backhausen Archives


  • Walther & Franz Koenig Verlag
  • by Ursula Oswald-Graf, Aline Marion Steinwender, Hans-Peter Wipplinger
The company Joh. Backhausen & Söhne, founded in 1849, is among the most tradition-steeped producers of upholstery and decorative fabrics in Viennese history. The company's main lines of production were premium fashionable fabrics, fabrics for upholstery and curtains, as well as damasks, brocades and carpets made from silk and wool. The company specialized in turning their designs into commercial products, and established itself as the main supplier of the Wiener Werkstätte.

ISBN 9783753307503 | EN-GE | HB
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Publisher Walther & Franz Koenig Verlag
ISBN 9783753307503
Author(s) by Ursula Oswald-Graf, Aline Marion Steinwender, Hans-Peter Wipplinger
Publication date November 2024
Edition Hardback
Dimensions 280 x 235 mm
Illustrations 300 col.ill.
Pages 328
Language(s) Eng/ Germ. edition
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The company Joh. Backhausen & Söhne, founded in 1849, is among the most tradition-steeped producers of upholstery and decorative fabrics in Viennese history. The company's main lines of production were premium fashionable fabrics, fabrics for upholstery and curtains, as well as damasks, brocades and carpets made from silk and wool. From 1903, Backhausen focused on collaborations with artists of Viennese Modernism, including Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Jutta Sika, Dagobert Peche, My Ullmann and Otto Prutscher. The company specialized in turning their designs into commercial products, and established itself as the main supplier of the Wiener Werkstätte.