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COACHING THE CONGRESS ALONG RENT-A-CARRIAGES, PLEASURE CRUISES AND LUXURY OUTFITS AT THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA 1814/1815 SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 TO JUNE 9, 2015 For eight months two centuries ago Vienna was the center of the world: monarchs, policy makers, and lobbyists from all over Europe gathered at the Congress of Vienna (September 18, 1814 – June 9, 1815) to redraw the map of Europe after the defeat of Napoleon. They were accompanied by huge retinues, as well as thousands of adventurers and onlookers, who all needed to be housed, fed, entertained and moved about in Vienna – making this conference of princes the precursor of contemporary conference tourism. Backstage this required enormous logistics in a city occupied twice and ravaged by decades of war. The exhibition at the Imperial Carriage Museum in Schönbrunn documents how brilliantly Vienna rose to the challenge: Everyone knows that the Congress danced – but much more important for contemporaries was that it also “drove”: hundreds of sumptuous carriages had to be built almost over night to provide suitable transport for these elegant visitors, and to entertain them with much admired sleigh rides and
Transcript of SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 TO JUNE 9, 2015 - Kaiserliche Wagenburg · 2015. 2. 17. · COACHING THE...
COACHING THE CONGRESS ALONG RENT-A-CARRIAGES, PLEASURE CRUISES AND LUXURY OUTFITS AT THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA 1814/1815
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 TO JUNE 9, 2015
For eight months two centuries ago Vienna was the center of the world: monarchs, policy makers, and lobbyists from all over Europe gathered at the Congress of Vienna (September 18, 1814 – June 9, 1815) to redraw the map of Europe after the defeat of Napoleon. They were accompanied by huge retinues, as well as thousands of adventurers and onlookers, who all needed to be housed, fed, entertained and moved about in Vienna – making this conference of princes the precursor of contemporary conference tourism. Backstage this required enormous logistics in a city occupied twice and ravaged by decades of war. The exhibition at the Imperial Carriage Museum in Schönbrunn documents how brilliantly Vienna rose to the challenge: Everyone knows that the Congress danced – but much more important for contemporaries was that it also “drove”: hundreds of sumptuous carriages had to be built almost over night to provide suitable transport for these elegant visitors, and to entertain them with much admired sleigh rides and
outings in fashionable barouches. Noble guests and members of their retinues could rent these coaches at any time of the day or night simply by ordering them using specially printed forms. For the first time all carriages were given a uniform appearance as part of efforts to improve the administration of this carriage rental service. Thus the imperial court invented the “corporate identity” of a princely fleet of carriages, an idea soon copied all over Europe. Some of these elaborate carriages have survived in the collection of the Imperial Carriage Museum, where - for the first time in two centuries - they now shine in new splendour. In addition, magnificent court uniforms specially designed for the Congress of Vienna, and the opulent robes of the different knightly orders, which the monarchs presented to each other as symbols of their friendship, will be on show. The Imperial Carriage Museum is Vienna’s only museum with rich holdings of magnificent three-dimensional objects from this period, and the exhibition offers both an unusual view of the Congress of Vienna and an opulent tableau that brings to life the splendour of this historical event held in Vienna two centuries ago.
PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS
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Key visual: Landau of the Imperial Court Vienna, c. 1814 Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna © KHM
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Landau of the Imperial Court Vienna, c. 1814 Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna © KHM
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Landau of the Imperial Court Detail Vienna, c. 1814 Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna © KHM
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Landau of the Imperial Court Detail Vienna, c. 1814 Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna © KHM
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Landau of the Imperial Court Detail Vienna, c. 1814 Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna © KHM
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Landau of the Imperial Court Detail Vienna, c. 1814 Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna © KHM
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Berline of the Imperial Court Vienna, c. 1814 Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna © KHM
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Berline of the Imperial Court Vienna, c. 1814 Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna © KHM
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Berline of the Imperial Court Detail: Door handles with crowns and double-headed eagles Vienna, c. 1814 Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna © KHM
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„Pirutsche“ (Barouche) of Emperor Francis I Vienna, c. 1814 Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna © KHM
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„Pirutsche“ (Barouche) of Emperor Francis I Vienna, c. 1814 Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna © KHM
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„Pirutsche“ (Barouche) of Emperor Francis I Vienna, c. 1814 Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna © KHM
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„Pirutsche“ (Barouche) of Emperor Francis I Detail Vienna, c. 1814 Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna © KHM
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„Pirutsche“ (Barouche) of Emperor Francis I Detail Vienna, c. 1814 Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna © KHM
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„Pirutsche“ (Barouche) of Emperor Francis I Detail Vienna, c. 1814 Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna © KHM
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Phaeton-Sleigh of Prince Windisch-Graetz Vienna, 1814 – 1815 Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna © KHM
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Phaeton-Sleigh of Prince Windisch-Graetz Detail Vienna, 1814 – 1815 Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna © KHM
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Phaeton-Sleigh of Prince Windisch-Graetz Detail Vienna, 1814 – 1815 Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna © KHM
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Phaeton-Sleigh of Prince Windisch-Graetz Vienna, 1814 – 1815 Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna Elaborate Imperial Sleigh Harness Vienna,1814 – 1815 Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna © KHM
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Elaborate Imperial Sleigh Harness Vienna, 1814 – 1815 Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna © KHM
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Harness for the Imperial Sleigh Vienna, 1814 – 1815 Used in the sleigh ride on Jan. 22nd, 1815 Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna © KHM
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Harness for the Imperial Sleigh Detail Vienna, 1814 – 1815 Used in the sleigh ride on Jan. 22nd, 1815 Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna © KHM
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Harness for the Imperial Sleigh Coloured Etching "Journal des Luxus und der Moden", April 1815 Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna © KHM
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Cover for the Imperial Sleigh Vienna, 1814 – 1815 Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna © KHM
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Vestments of a Knight of the French Royal Order of the Holy Spirit France, 1815 Worn by Emperor Francis I Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Monturdepot © KHM
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Doublet and bloomers of a Knight of the French Royal Order of the Holy Spirit France, 1815 Worn by Emperor Francis I Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Monturdepot © KHM
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Doublet and bloomers of a Knight of the French Royal Order of the Holy Spirit France, 1815 Worn by Emperor Francis I Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Monturdepot © KHM
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Uniform of an Officer of the Royal Hungarian Life Guards Vienna, c. 1905/10 Mounted Life Guards in these uniforms accompanied the sleigh ride on January 22nd, 1815 Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Monturdepot © KHM
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Uniform of an Officer of the Royal Hungarian Life Guards Detail Vienna, c. 1905/10 Mounted Life Guards in these uniforms accompanied the sleigh ride on January 22nd, 1815 Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Monturdepot © KHM
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State Uniform of a Member of the Gentry of Lower Austria Introduced 1807 Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Monturdepot © KHM
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State Uniform of a Member of the Gentry of Lower Austria Detail Introduced 1807 Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Monturdepot © KHM
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State Robe from c. 1815 Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Monturdepot © KHM
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State Robe from c. 1815 Detail Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Monturdepot © KHM
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State Uniform of a Grand Officer of the Court Introduced 1814 C.M. Frank (Vienna), 1909 Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Monturdepot © KHM
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State Uniform of a Grand Officer of the Court Detail Introduced 1814 C.M. Frank (Vienna), 1909 Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Monturdepot © KHM
INFORMATION AND EXHIBITION PROGRAMME
GUIDED TOURS
Would you like to book a guided tour? Please contact: +43 1 525 24 - 5202 [email protected]
EXHIBITION CAGALOGUE
Monica Kurzel-Runtscheiner DER KONGRESS FÄHRT Leihwagen, Lustfahrten und Luxus-Outfits am Wiener Kongress 1814/1815 Sabine Haag (Ed.) German, 88 pages, € 14,95 ISBN 978-3-99020-076-6
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