Discover lacquerer, lamp maker Stobwassersche Manufaktur

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: Stobwassersche Fabrik Meyer & Wried

Qualifications: lacquerer, lamp maker

Nationality/school: German

Born: Braunschweig 1763
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Deceased: Braunschweig 1863

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founded by Johann Heinrich Stobwasser; the other artists are reported to have worked for the Stobwassersche Manufaktur

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Period of activity: 1763 - 1863

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Braunschweig 1763 - 1856
the company was bought by employees A.W. Meyer and C. Wried in 1832 and continued under the name 'Stobwassersche Fabrik Meyer & Wried'; the Braunschweig factory was closed in 1856 because of diminishing sales
Berlijn 1772 - 1869
founding of a second branch of the company in Berlin 1772, where especially lacquered lamps were produced; the lacquered-goods manufacture gradually ended during the 1860s

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Product: painting
produced luxury objects decorated with lacquered images (cutlery, boxes, trays, pitchers, lamps, tobacco boxes, pipes)

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 1 hit in RKDlibrary as subject

Detlev Richter (ed.), Stobwasser - Lackkunst aus Braunschweig & Berlin, 2 vols., 2005
Angela Klein, "Die Lackmanufaktur Stobwasser in Braunschweig und ihren Konkurrenten", Leuschner, Kaufhold, Märtl (eds.), Die Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte des Braunschweigischen Landes vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 2008, vol. 2, p. 646–670

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External links: website with extensive catalogue of Stobwasser products

Permalink: https://rkd.nl/explore/artists/483047

Creation date: 2016-12-02; Last modified date: 2023-02-09

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