Stadtgeschichte München

Möbel für den Märchenkönig

Ludwig II. und die Münchner Hofschreinerei Anton Pössenbacher

Titel	Möbel für den Märchenkönig
Untertitel	Ludwig II. und die Münchner Hofschreinerei Anton Pössenbacher
Autor:in	Schick Afra, Herrmann Rainer
Herausgeber:in	Stürzl Winfried
Verlag	Arnold
Buchart	Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinung	November 2003
Seiten	248
ISBN/B3Kat	3897901862 (978-3897901865) / BV017356337
Suchbegriff	Hofschreiner Möbel Schloss Linderhof Hofmöbelfabrikant Schloss Herrenchiemsee
Personen	Pössenbacher Anton Ludwig II. König von Bayern Jehly Hans

Anton Possenbacher (1842-1920), cabinet-maker to the Bavarian court in Munich, was head of one of the largest late 19th-century German makers of luxury furnishings. His furniture designs, especially those for King Ludwig II of Bavaria (1871-1886), represent German historicism at its zenith. Possenbacher created almost all the furnishings for the royal apartments at Linderhof, Herrenchiemsee and Neu Schwanstein. Intricately carved and lavishly upholstered in gold brocade and dazzling embroidered pictures, these furnishings are highlights in the sumptuous interiors of Bavarian castles. Made to the specifications of an exacting monarch, these masterpieces of the cabinet-makers craft have lost nothing of their original fascination. Not content with resting on his laurels in Bavaria, Anton Possenbacher also designed for other rulers, such as King Charles I of Romania, for whom he designed an elegant palace library in Bucharest (1887). Possenbacher's clients also included industrialists, merchants and landed gentry, for whose town houses and manors he created entire rooms. This work introduces the full range of furnishings by Anton Possenbacher viewed in their historical context.

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