A couple of Cultural items

[Robin Lumsden]

Maestro,

Yes, that´s the first piece Allach ever made - the SS-Reiter.

Therefore it has the Allach production number "0" - this piece among others was never for public sale (blocked out) and could only be obtained by the will and donation of Himmler or other high ranking NS figures to whom he or eventually even Hitler himself gave permission or the order to donate such an exclusive Allach piece.

The first examples were already manufactured in 1934 - and their development started when it´s sculptor Theodor Kärner was still officially employed and working at Rosenthal.

Allach produced already quite a number of pieces before they were officially found on the 3rd of January in 1936, that´s for sure.

[maestro]

..thanks!

...appreciate the explanation Thorsten..
..very nice piece..

[PMan]

New addition

Just added this chair to the cultural collection.
Peter

[PMan]

Chair

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[Minnesinger]

Just added this chair to the cultural collection.
Peter

Thats a lovely bauern stuhl / brettstuhl variation as they are also called. I have a few in the family summerhouse. Any idea as to this ones origins? My first thougt was Sweden.

[Minnesinger]

Here is a pic of the same style of chairs but with swans for the back. Walls of the room is decorated with paintings and verses from the Edda.

[PMan]

Chair

Here is a pic of the same style of chairs but with swans for the back. Walls of the room is decorated with paintings and verses from the Edda.

Swans indeed...........for sure it was this very chair or one just like it that influenced the good Professor Karl Diebitsch in designing the sword and chained dagger fittings for the SS.

[Michael Fay]

nice photo of a very nice room

Here is a pic of the same style of chairs but with swans for the back. Walls of the room is decorated with paintings and verses from the Edda.

I would like to know more about your photo posted here.
Is that an old photo of a room in Sweden?
I like all depicted in the photo.
I Always did like anything to do with the Eddas or old Scandinavian rooms and furniture...ever since I was a kid.

--Michael

[Michael Fay]

Just added this chair to the cultural collection.
Peter

Sometimes that style of curving interstitching is called the "Jelling Style" or "the gripping beast" style in English language academic books on ancient Scandinavian art motifs

[maestro]

...wow...

very nice display Peter. priceless!

[Etienne B.]

Nice find,thanks for showing.

[Minnesinger]

I would like to know more about your photo posted here.
Is that an old photo of a room in Sweden?
I like all depicted in the photo.
I Always did like anything to do with the Eddas or old Scandinavian rooms and furniture...ever since I was a kid.

--Michael

Yes, the photo (and the ones posted now) are from ca. 1880s and from Sweden. The house stands to this day with the same interior. These types of houses in a nationalromantic style came in to fashion during the later part of the 19th century and was built in to early 20th century. There are quite a few around as they are classified as buildingmemories by the national heratigeboard and protected by law.

The house today:

More period pictures of interior. Notice the wallhanging and it's recemblance to some things produced by DHW in the first photo. It even has unicorns.

[Christian J]

Yes, the photo (and the ones posted now) are from ca. 1880s and from Sweden. The house stands to this day with the same interior. These types of houses in a nationalromantic style came in to fashion during the later part of the 19th century and was built in to early 20th century. There are quite a few around as they are classified as buildingmemories by the national heratigeboard and protected by law.


More period pictures of interior. Notice the wallhanging and it's recemblance to some things produced by DHW in the first photo. It even has unicorns.

Yes, the style were very popular up here from 1870-1900, at the same time the neo-renaissance flourished in Germany.

Here is a church (!) in Norway built 1050-1100 that they took inspiration from. It's really amazing that this portal is almost 1000 years old. They did some c-14 testing on it some years ago and it proved it's age. It show's that the heathen influecenses lived on up here, long after our lands were under the christian whip.

[ErichS]

Yes, the style were very popular up here from 1870-1900, at the same time the neo-renaissance flourished in Germany.

Here is a church (!) in Norway built 1050-1100 that they took inspiration from. It's really amazing that this portal is almost 1000 years old. They did some c-14 testing on it some years ago and it proved it's age. It show's that the heathen influecenses lived on up here, long after our lands were under the christian whip.

The same can be said of in a lot of places in the Germanic world.

[Etienne B.]

Interesting subject.Is there a site/book around where I can learn more about this kind of furniture and interior decorating ?

Etienne