Opulence and flowerage

01.10. - 31.12.2015


The exhibition “Opulence and flowerage – Inspiration from Historism and Art Nouveau (1850-1920)” begins on 1 October and is set to run until the end of the year. In the 19th century, porcelain evolved from being a luxury good to a commodity. FÜRSTENBERG asserted itself as the manufacturer of fine porcelain for the upper middle class. Lavish items in a historicizing mix of Renaissance to Rococo styles were in fashion at the start of the era, whereas at the end of the 19th century, people aspired to leave the grey walls of the towns that were proliferating in the Industrial Age. Besides escaping to the countryside, they even attempted to satisfy this longing for nature through art. The designs and décors of FÜRSTENBERG porcelain were thus characterised by realistic and stylised natural elements.