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G. Vollmer & Son
| Name | G. Vollmer & Son |
| Ortssitz | Philadelphia (Penns.) |
| Straße | Chestnut Street 1108 |
| Art des Unternehmens | Möbelfabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Auch 150 North 16th Street als Adresse genannt. |
| Quellenangaben | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 157] [United States miller 19 (1885) Nr.3, S. 92, Anzeige von Westinghouse, mit Referenzen] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 10.09.1816 |
Geburt von Gottlieb Vollmer in Ludwigsburg |
| 1834/35 |
Gottlieb Vollmer kommt als 18jähriger in die USA und arbeitet sieben Jahre als Geselle in seinem Beruf |
| 1841 |
Gottlieb Vollmer macht sich selbständig |
| 17.05.1881 |
Tod von Gottlieb Vollmer |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Möbel |
1841 |
Beginn |
1891 |
[Philadelphia] |
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| Bezeichnung |
Bauzeit |
Hersteller |
| Dampfmaschine |
1885 |
Westinghouse Machine Company |
| ZEIT | 1891 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | The establishment of G. Vollmer & Son, manufacturers of antique furniture- and decoration for interior and exterior, was first located at the southeast corner of Eleventh and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia. The founder of this highly artistic firm, G. Vollmer, was born in Ludwigsburg, Kingdom of Bavaria, September 10, 1816. He came to this country when eighteen years of age and worked as journeyman at his trade for seven years. It was immediately after this service, in 1841, that he started into business as above stated, and there continued until his death on May 17, 1881. Being possessed of a large measure of artistic skill, executive ability and enterprise, his productions quickly acquired a reputation which gave them wide-spread fame, and this reputation he maintained for the forty years of his business life. The present member of the firm is Charles F. Vollmer, son of G. Vollmer. When Charles was but sixteen years of age he was sent to Europe to study the art of decorative furnishing. He remained abroad for a number of years - in Paris five years and in London two years. Charles F. Vollmer has retained the firm name of G. Vollmer & Son. In his establishment only skilled labor is employed. At the present time the artisans are of many different nationalities, but Americans are being educated in all the intricate and difficult processes of manufacture. This education is derived from practice and attendance upon the art and design school five nights in each week, where designing and modeling is taught. When exceptional talent and ambition is shown the proprietor sends the pupil at his expense to complete his
education in Paris. Three are there now. It is found that this method produces the best possible results and work is turned out which would be impossible otherwise to produce. All the work is done by hand. The firm is prepared to undertake all kinds of interior work, ornamental wood-work, frescoing, papering, painting, etc., in the highest style of art, as exhibited in our finest class of modern houses. A specialty of the firm is the application of classic features in design. The best of materials are used and durability and stability are guaranteed in all their work. The firm supply any article of furniture and finishings, from the smallest in use to the heavy carved sets, mantels, etc. The upholstery and curtain department of the firm is equally well provided. In the decoration of libraries they are equally happy. In their original as well as in the reproduction of antique designs they use only the efforts of the best artists, as Verchere, Brunet, Pignot, Henry Havard and others of like reputation. All the goods offered for sale are of their own manufacture. Estimates are made for the ornamentation of churches, club houses, theaters, or any required work in their line. They have facilities for filling the largest contracts, at the same time they take great care in satisfying the smallest orders. Charles F. Vollmer has general supervision of the business and is an accomplished designer. The motto of the firm is, they do not desire so much to excel in the volume of their work as in quality. Therefore they aim more for a selection of patrons than in their number. They are proud to claim that the steady increase in their business is the result of strict attention, energy, enterprise, and the determination to excel. Harmony, good taste and artistic skill are noticeable in all their productions, and orders left to their discretion to fill are never disappointing. Repairs and refurnishings are undertaken by accomplished workmen with but little inconvenience to the occupants of the house, everything is done quietly and skillfully with but little fuss. New designs and effects are being constantly brought out, which they show with pleasure, making estimates for anvthing required. The factory is one hundred feet square, located at 1110-14-16 Sansom street, immediately in the rear of the Chestnut street store. The business of the firm was begun with ten men; it now employs one hundred and forty workmen. The output in the start was about §25.000, now it exceeds 225.000 yearly. Very extensive contracts have been taken in the way of furnishing Philadelphia houses, one amounting to 75.000 for decorations alone during the past year. An important, as well as a generous feature in the management, is the sending abroad young men to be educated in the schools of Europe where they have the advantages of instruction under the most skillful artists, to return fully equipped with all the requirements to produce and in time instruct others at home. By such means G. Vollmer & Son have attained a high position in the trade and largely improved the quality of American productions. |
| QUELLE | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 157] |
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