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City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Household Equipment, Earthenware hot water bottle 'Hoffmann', c1900
Large stoneware hot water bottle also called a foot warmer. The stoneware hot water bottle has a rubber cap, often the original stone cap would be replaced with a cork alternative to seal the hot water. Because they were mass produced and very robust many survived so the antique value is not great. Many stoneware hot water bottles are still in use today and will be for years to come. Stoneware is a certain clay fired at a particularly high temperature and glazed so that it resembles polished stone.The bottle was filled with hot water, close the stopper securely and stand them in a bed, upright, on their small flat ends so that the sheets and blankets formed a tent-like structure over them. The peak of the 'tent' was the special feature of the rounded knob opposite the flat end, which also served as a carrying handle. Used this way, the hot water bottle was supposed to heat more of the bed Josef Hoffmann (1870–1956) attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and studied architecture under Otto Wagner. As a designer, Hoffmann was creative and prolific. His design portfolio encompassed commissions for buildings and interiors but extended to things as diverse as textiles, umbrella knobs, walking stick handles, tea pots, caskets and book covers as well as glass and ceramics.In 1903, with Koloman Moser and financier Fritz Waerndorfer, Hoffmann founded the Wiener Werkstätte. The collaboration of artists, designer architects and artisans enabled the realisation of the ‘total artwork’. Hoffmann’s designs were based on simple and clear proportions and employed rich, high-quality materials. Everyday objects were conceived as part of a whole living environment and were considered works of art. A large earthenware hot water bottle.HOFFMANNearly settlers, moorabbin mckinnon, ormond, bentleigh, pottery, craftwork, earthenware, pioneers, hoffmann josef, waerndorfer fritz, moser kololan, weiner werkstatte, vienna, austria, brumpton frances -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Furniture - Chair, early 29th century
The Bentwood chair has been called ‘the world’s most popular chair’. The original Bentwood chair, was designed by German-Austrian cabinet maker and Master Joiner, Michael Thonet (b.1796 - d.1871) and introduced to the market in 1859. Thonet started his business in his home town of Boppard as an independent cabinet maker in 1819. In the 1830’s he began trying to make furniture from glued (laminated) and bent wooden slats. Over the next few years his attempts to patent this process failed in Germany, Great Britain, France, and Russia. He then began using lightweight, strong wood and bending it into elegant, comfortable furniture. The Bentwood technology took Thonet years to perfect. In simple terms, the wooden rods or lengths were wet by soaking or steaming, bent into shape and then held in place until they hardened into the moulded curved shape or pattern. The wood usually chosen for the bentwood chairs was maple or beech. Thonet had revolutionised an older process by industrialising the process. The dowels of wood were cut and prepared as components of furniture, treated by the ‘bentwood’ process, then ready immediately for assembling with very little extra workmanship needed. Thonet held 2 patents for this process, the second one ended on 10th July 1869 and was non-renewable. At the Trade Fair at Koblenz of 1841 Prince Klemens Wenzel von Mettemich was very impressed with Thonet’s furniture, especially the chairs. In 1842 Thonet sold his Boppard business and emigrated to Vienna, and began working, along with his sons, on the interior decoration of the Palais Leichtenstein, for the Carl Leistler establishment. In 1849 he began his own business again, the Gebruder Thonet to include his sons (translated “Brothers Thonet”). He produced the “No. 1” Bentwood chair. He received a bronze medal for his Vienna bentwood chairs at the World Fair in London in 1851, and a silver medal in Paris in 1855. In 1856 he opened a new factory in Koritchan (Moravia), where there were extensive woods of beech trees available for his enterprise. In the next years, five more Eastern European production sites were established in Bystritz (1862), Nagy-Ugrócz (1866), Wsetin (1867), Hallenkau(1867) and Nowo-Radomsk(1880). Thonet’s 1859 No. 14 “chair of chairs” (or “Konsumstuhl Nr. 14” – coffee shop chair no. 14) was the most famous of all of Thonet’s Bentwood chairs. In 1867 he received a gold medal at the Paris World Fair. This new style of furniture making became very popular. Up until 1830 50 million of these chairs had been produced. By the 1870’s Thonet owned offices in almost 20 countries, with sales locations across Europe, in Chicago and New York. In 1889 he set Thonet set up a head office in Frankenberg, Hesse. Bentwood models designed in the mid to late 19th century featured hand-caned or laminated wood seats and were usually stamped with the country of origin. The Bentwood elements were the backrest, seat rim and legs. Typically the seat was covered with ‘bucket’ leather. After the Patent ran out in 1869, companies such as Jacob & Josef Kohn began the production of bentwood furniture.The popularity of the Bentwood chair that was introduced by Michael Thonet in the 1850s is due to its versatility and timeless quality. Its style, whether varnished or painted, suits any room in the house. The lightweight chairs are also popular for café and restaurant seating, as well as for public gatherings. They can be easily moved around and grouped in a variety of ways to suit any occasion.Chair, bentwood, pair of two. Backrest has full length inverted U inside frame. Support rail and wire reinforcing between legs. 3692.01 seat has floral pattern pressed into wood 3692.02 seat is plain (replacement seat). Made by Harnison & Co.3692.01 chair's marks; Label ""HARNISON & CO./ NEUSOL / BUDAPEST" and "WIENER NOBEL" and "(symbol) N inside circle, under Crown" flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, domestic furniture, dining furniture, bentwood chair, harnison & co., neusol, budapest, wiener nobel -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Article - WIENER, SAUL, DR
Caulfield Leader 15/06/2012 article on Dr. Saul Wiener on his appointment as Member AM of the Order of Australia for his research for an anti-venom for funnel-web and redback spiders.wiener saul dr., st. kilda east, science, laboratories, insects, awards -
Falls Creek Historical Society
Equipment - Children's Wooden Skis and Stocks, 1950s
These child's skis which were made by Tyrolia. The Tyrolia company was founded in the state of Vienna in 1847 as Wiener Metallwaren-, Schnallen- und Maschinen- Fabrik GmbH. Tyrolia produced a variety of products out of metal and timber but didn't enter the binding business until 1949. They are accompanied by a set of bamboo stocks which have leather straps.This item is significant because it demonstrates developments is ski technology. A set of wooden skis which were originally painted white and a pair of bamboo stocks with leather straps.tyrolia, children's skis, bamboo ski stocks -
Duldig Studio museum + sculpture garden
Fabric, Mathilda Flogl, Falter designed by Mathilda Flogl 1924-31, 1924-31
This piece of fabric, known Fälter (butterfly), was designed by Mathilda Flögl (1893-1958), who worked in the textile department of the Wiener Werkstätte in Vienna. It is a remnant of the fabric that was used to make a bedspread for Karl and Slawa’s bed in their Vienna apartment where it lay decoratively over a gold brocade eiderdown. The purchase demonstrated Slawa’s interest in and knowledge of modern design and her commitment to the idea of enriching everyday life with beautiful objects, a principal of the Viennese Secession. Following the Duldigs removal from Vienna, the original bedspread and remnant were safeguarded and preserved by Slawa’s sister, Rella, in the basement of her Paris apartment. In 1948 the bedspread and this remnant were sent to Australia. The bedspread was a much-loved item but deteriorated over the years. In 1955 it was made into curtains, which are held in the Duldig Studio Collection. The Photographs of the bedspread in its original location are also held in the collection. The remnant is in pristine condition. The Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshop) was a guild of designers and craftsmen that was founded by the architect Josef Hoffman (1879-1956) and the designer Koloman Moser (1868-1918). The firm manufactured a range of interior furnishings between 1903 and 1932. The textile department opened in 1900, and produced about 1,800 designs, mainly for printed fabrics for furnishings and apparel. The designs were characterised by simplified forms and vivid colours, and inspired by Eastern European peasant art and geometric motifs in contemporary painting. The workshop had a profound impact of European art and design, and its work is still celebrated today. Mathilde Flögl was born in the Czech Republic in 1893, and studied at the Kunstgerwerbeschule in Vienna. In 1916 she began working at the Weiner Werkstätte, and where she designed more than 120 textile patterns. This fabric Fälter or Butterfly was designed in 1924. The butterfly was a favourite motif of Flögl. In this design she plays with a variety of whimsical abstractions and arrangement of both the butterfly and the snail on a background of abstract colour stripes and blocks. Ann Carew 2016The fabric is of great aesthetic interest as an example of the work of the Viennese workshops, and the noted designer textile designer Mathilde Flögl. The original pencil drawings, pencil and gouache designs, and fabric swatches for Fälter are held in the MAK Museum in Vienna, and the Victorian and Albert Museum in London have a sample of piece of the silk fabric in an alternate colour wave. The Museum of Applied Arts in Sydney holds a swatch book of textiles from the Wiener Werkstätte, however Flögl’s work is not represented. The National Gallery of Victoria holds a similar swatch book. The remnant has an excellent provenance, is associated with a powerful personal narrative, and is significant and rare item relating to history of the Wiener Werkstätte in Vienna, and the oeuvre of Matilda Flögl. Ann Carew 2016Remnant of a block-printed silk fabric used to make the bedspread for Karl Duldig and Slawa Horowitz-Duldig's bed in Vienna. -
Duldig Studio museum + sculpture garden
Furniture, Sigmund Jaray et al, Viennese bedroom suite manufactured by Sigmund Jaray Kunstmobelfabrik 1931, 1931
The Wiener Werkstätte (Viennese workshops) established by Josef Hoffman and Kolomon Moser in 1903 are today celebrated for their work in promoting the involvement of artists, designers and craftspeople in the manufacture of home furnishings; however Sigmund Járay’s firm was also an important, although today lesser-known, Viennese manufacturer of Kunstmöbel (art furniture). An Austro-Hungarian designer of Jewish descent, Sigmund Járay (1838-1908) established his Kunstmöbelfabrik (art furniture factory) in Vienna in the 1870s in partnership with his brother Sándro Járay (1845-1916), a sculptor. The firm with its team of cabinet makers, modellers, sculptors, upholsterers, painters and gilders, manufactured bespoke furnishings and decorated interiors for public and private clients, including the Imperial court. Such was the prominence of the work of this factory, that in 1899 one of the first purchases of the newly formed Austrian Museum of Applied art was a suite of furniture designed by Sigmund Járay for a married worker. In commissioning the furniture, Slawa was adopting the custom of Viennese couples to furnish their homes with bespoke furniture from the interior design firms that flourished in early 20th century in Vienna. Comparative material is held in the National Gallery of Victoria collection; a suite of furniture by Josef Hoffman commissioned by the Gallia family in 1912; and a suite of furniture by Adolf Loos commissioned by the Langer family in 1903. Ann Carew 2016The bedroom suite is aesthetically significant for the quality of its craftsmanship and design. It is a significant example of domestic interior design in Vienna during the 1930s. The bedroom suite is intact, and has been preserved in its entirety – double bed and side tables, wardrobe and linen press, stool and day bed. It has the potential to be displayed in situ in the place where it was last in use. It is of historical significance. Many Jewish families had all their possessions lost or destroyed during the war years. The story of the furniture’s journey from Austria to Australia is relevant to the study of the experience of émigré families during the Holocaust, and the importance of return of their property. It is rare, as it and the furniture in the living and dining room, are the only known examples in Australia of furniture manufactured by the firm of Sigmund Jàray. The provenance of the furniture is excellent, and is demonstrated by photographs taken in Vienna; correspondence with the donor’s sister, Rella; and the quotation from Sigmund Járay Kunstmöbelfabrik. It is in excellent condition. Ann Carew 2016Bedroom suite consisting of a double bed, two side tables, an upholstered stool and upholstered day bed, and a wardrobe and linen press. Made of Maple and Rosewood. Designed by the firm of Sigmund Jaray with Slawa Horowitz-Duldig. -
Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library
Audio - Oral History, Oral History Interview with Alex Dafner June 2021, 22 June 2021
Alex Dafner was interviewed about his involvement in the Kadimah from the 1970s through to the 2020s. Alex has been widely involved in Yiddish life in Melbourne. He served as a Kadimah board member (1970 – 2022) and President (1995-2015). He currently leads post-VCE Yiddish reading and conversation group. The interview was conducted by Jordy Silverstein in June 2021 for the Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library.Digital recording of an Oral History Interview with Alex Dafneralex dafner, kadimah committee, president, melbourne yiddish youth theatre, dovid herman theatre, bund, lectures, mitvokh club, 100 year celebration, in one voice, kadimah chess club, sholem aleichem college, sender burstin, bono wiener, yasha sher, hershl bacharach, josef auerbach, moshe ajzenbud, pinchas ringelblum, nachman gryfenberg, lova friedman, yizhak khan, avrum cykiert, rachel levita, cesia goldberg, abram goldberg, yossl winkler, renata singer, joe tigel, eugene orenstein, avraham novershtern, dov noy, herschel klapfisch, adam gruzman, pinchas goldhar, herz bergner, leo fink, samuel wynn, simche burstin, varshavski -
Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library
Document - Annual Report, 67th Annual Report and Balance Sheet of the Kadimah National Library 1979
The 67th annual report produced by Kadimah40 pagesmr. b. wiener, mr. s. goldstein, mr. j. orbach, mr. i. m. lewin, mr. p. ringelblum, mr. p. krystal, mrs. h. rosenbaum, mr. j. sher, mr. m. ajzenbud, mr. w. jablonski, mr. h. brown -
Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library
Document - Annual Report, 68th Annual Report and Balance Sheet of the Kadimah National Library 1980
The 68th annual report produced by Kadimah34 pagesmr. j. sher, mr. b. wiener, mr s. burstin, mr. j. orbach, mr. m. ajzenbud, mrs. h. rosenbaum, mrs r. butt, mr. h. brown, mrs r. levita, mrs r. blustein -
Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library
Document - Annual Report, 69th Annual Report and Balance Sheet of the Kadimah National Library 1981
The 69th annual report produced by Kadimah36 pagesmr. y. sher, mr. b. wiener, mr. ch. brown, mr. w. jablonski, mr. m. ajzenbud, mrs. h. rosenbaum, mrs. r. butt, mr. p. ringelblum, mrs. r. blustein -
Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library
Document - Annual Report, 76th Annual Report and Balance Sheet of the Kadimah National Library 1987
The 76th annual report produced by Kadimah20 pagesmr. j. sher, mr. i. apelowicz, mr. b. wajsman, mr. h. bachrach, mr. j. winkler, mr. m. rabinowicz, mr. p. wiener -
Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library
Document - Annual Report, 77th Annual Report and Balance Sheet of the Kadimah National Library 1988
The 69th annual report produced by Kadimah16 pagesmr. j. sher, mr. i. apelowicz, mr. b. wajsman, mr. h. bachrach, mr. j. winkler, mr. m. rabinowicz, mr. p. wiener -
Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library
Document - Annual Report, 79th Annual Report and Balance Sheet of the Kadimah National Library 1990
The 79th annual report produced by Kadimah12 pagesmr. j. sher, mr. i. apelowicz, mr. b. wajsman, mr. h. bachrach, mr. j. winkler, mr. m. rabinowicz, mr. p. wiener -
Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library
Document - Annual Report, 82nd Annual Report and Balance Sheet of the Kadimah National Library 1993
The 82nd annual report produced by Kadimah16 pagesmr. j. sher, mr. m.ajzenbud, mr. i. apel, mrs. r. levita, mr. b. furmanski, mr. j. winkler, mr. m. robin, mrs. c goldberg, mrs. r. butt, mr. a. dafner, mr. b. wiener, mrs. r. blustein -
Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library
Document - Annual Report, 83rd Annual Report and Balance Sheet of the Kadimah National Library 1994
The 83rd annual report produced by Kadimah12 pagesmr. j. sher, mrs. r. levita, mr. a. dafner, mr. m ajzenbud, mr. b. furmanski, mr. j. winkler, mr. m robin, mrs. r. butt, mrs. c goldberg, mr. b. wiener, mrs. r. kalman, mrs. l kochen -
Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library
Document - Annual Report, 84th Annual Report and Balance Sheet of the Kadimah National Library 1995
The 84th annual report produced by Kadimah12 pagesalex dafner, josef winkler, rachel kalman, ben furmanski, moishe ajzenbud, bono wiener, moishe robin, lilly kochen, rose butt, cesia goldberg -
Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library
Document - Digitised book, Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library, Third Australian-Jewish Almanac 1967, 2023
The Third Australian-Jewish Almanac was published in Melbourne in 1967 to mark the 55th Anniversary of the Kadimah. Edited by the Cultural Committee of the Kadimah it provides a unique survey of the views and concerns of Jewish immigrants in Australia. The Almanac contains short fiction and non-fiction pieces including sections on the Kadimah, Jewish Life in Australia, How Others See Us, Essays and Stories, Poems and Drama. The Almanac also includes a section in honour of those lost in the Holocaust and greetings to the Kadimah on the occassion of the 55th Anniversary. Digitisation of the Almanacs was funded by Martin Munz in honour of his parents Hirsch & Estera Munz.463 page PDF - contains bookmarked table of contentsnon-fictionThe Third Australian-Jewish Almanac was published in Melbourne in 1967 to mark the 55th Anniversary of the Kadimah. Edited by the Cultural Committee of the Kadimah it provides a unique survey of the views and concerns of Jewish immigrants in Australia. The Almanac contains short fiction and non-fiction pieces including sections on the Kadimah, Jewish Life in Australia, How Others See Us, Essays and Stories, Poems and Drama. The Almanac also includes a section in honour of those lost in the Holocaust and greetings to the Kadimah on the occassion of the 55th Anniversary. Digitisation of the Almanacs was funded by Martin Munz in honour of his parents Hirsch & Estera Munz.jewish immigrants, yiddish melbourne, hirsch munz, yiddish literature, l. friedman, chaim rosenstein, dovid herman theatre, sender burstin, a. zimmerman, a. troy, shmuel bennet, hertz bergner, chaim shoshkas, jacob pat, melekh ravitsh, mendel mann, dr. berl frimer, abraham zukiert, moishe ajzenbud, y. m. levin, j. honig, yitzchak wiener, sheva glass-wiener, y. kirsh, m. balberyszski, y. orbach, ben zion patkin -
Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library
Journal, Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library, Melbourner Bleter / Melbourne Chronicle April/May 1982, ADD DATE
Journal published by the Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library, Melbourne. Contains essays, reviews, fiction and poetry in both English and Yiddish.48 pages, A4, Softbound, Paper covers. non-fictionJournal published by the Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library, Melbourne. Contains essays, reviews, fiction and poetry in both English and Yiddish.moshe ajzenbud, serge liberman, dr alan d. crown, maria lewitt, jocelyn ortt-saeed, anne parratt, sheva glas-wiener, walter adamson, frank tisher, colin golvan, w. jablonski -
Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library
Programme, 70 Years Yiddish Theatre in Australia; 1980
Anniversary Celebration to celebrate 70 years of Yiddish Theatre in Australia. Held at the Kadimah in September 1980 and featuring music, theatre and lectures.yasha sher, a. zeleznikow, bono wiener, s. roznkrantz, dovid herman theatre, melbourne yiddish youth theatre -
Glen Eira Historical Society
Document - South Caulfield Hebrew Congregation
A document with list of names, handwritten, of South Caulfield Hebrew Congregation Presidents and Ladies auxiliary members from 1949 -1976. Also, a photograph of Rabbi S. Rudzki of South Caulfield Hebrew Congregation.religious groups, duffield w mr, baum d mr, south caulfield, waysman h mr, herz s mrs, hebrew, symons p mr, olb r mrs, herz s mr, rathner k mr, bruce e mrs, wiener s dr, ehrenberg c mr, ehrenberg g mrs, samogyi m mrs., presidents, ladies auxiliary, south caulfield hebrew congregation, rudzki s rabbi., leopold street.