Zbirka Pokrajinskega muzeja Maribor: Izbrani kosi pohištva in njihovi izdelovalci

The article opens with an outline of the criteria applied in the early collecting of historic furniture at the Maribor Regional Museum and its predecessor institutions. This is followed by information on the makers of eight pieces of furniture from the museum’s collection, presented chronologically according to their years of birth. The study is limited to craftsmen who established their workshops up to the year 1900: Wiesauer, Lacher, Ballin, Quittner, Blaschitz, Potočnik, Stojan and Rath. Alongside each maker, the selected piece of furniture is discussed in greater detail, and other works by these makers held in the Maribor furniture collection are also identified. The article brings together findings derived from primary written and material sources and records known commissioners, owners, or users of this furniture from Vuhred, Fala, Viltuš and Maribor.