Lot 662

W. F. Schubert / K. Schulpig: Fünfzig Jahre Carl Goldschmidt Hutfabrik. Berlin 1925.

Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot: 662
Category: History, cultural history and miscellaneous
Goldschmidt, Hutfabrik. - Schubert, Walter, F.: Fünfzig Jahre 1875 - 1925 Carl Goldschmidt Hutfabrik AG. Luckenwalde Berlin. (Berlin: O. v. Holten 1925). 27,9 x 22 cm. With a woodcut title page in gold and black, featuring a mounted photographic portrait on the front, 12 woodcut plates and 4 woodcut head vignettes by Karl Schulpig. 14 leaves. Original half-parchment

(Minor signs of wear.)

A commemorative publication marking the company, founded in 1875, which remained in operation until the 1990s. The beautiful woodcuts, accompanied by captions in gold lettering, depict scenes from the various departments of the factory: ‘Wool Hat Factory’, ‘Hair Hat Factory’, ‘Wool Hat Spinning Mill’ (2 plates), ‘Felting Workshop’, ‘Twisting Workshop’, ‘Pressing Workshop’, ‘Weaving Workshop’, ‘Felting Workshop’, ‘Brushing Workshop’, ‘Fulling Workshop’ and ‘Dyeing Workshop’.