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Revision as of 08:55, 19 July 2017
| Company type | Privately held company |
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| Industry | Furniture / Luxury goods |
| Genre | Family Business |
| Founder | Josef Pauly |
| Headquarters | Vienna, Austria |
Area served | Global locations |
| Products | High-end Mattress / beds, bedding, accessories |
| Website | http://www.paulybeds.com/ |
J. Pauly & Sohn now known as Pauly Beds is one of the oldest bedding companies in the world. They were the sole supplier of beds to the Austrian Hungarian Empire for several generations.[1]
Josef Pauly established the company in Vienna, in 1838 when he received the license to make beds and mattresses from the Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria. The name of the company then, was J. Pauly & Sohn. In 1878 Pauly received an Imperial and Royal Warrant of Appointment as a Purveyor to the Imperial and Royal Court of Emperor Franz Joseph I and his wife Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known as Sissi.[2]
An Imperial and Royal Purveyor (k.u.k. Hoflieferant) was, in Austria-Hungary, a trader of products or services who had a special permit, by imperial privilege, to deliver its goods or services to the court in Vienna. This privilege allowed the suppliers to advertise publicly and exempted them from paying tax. The company received the title only if it was a leader in its industry in quality. The title was therefore a seal of approval of “highest” class, the highest honor that a business could get back then.[3][4]
History
Handcrafting beds and mattresses is a traditional industry in Austria. In the 18th century there were ten masters in this profession. During the ruling time of King Leopold I the permission to work in this profession was done through privileges and a strict control over the Union. The same masters also handcrafted suitcases and saddles because many expensive materials used in the production were the same: horsetail hair, wool, cotton and leather. Already at that time, the Austrian industry, specially the bed and mattresses of Vienna, enjoyed a significant reputation and hence exported to Greece, Turkey and several other countries in the Middle East.
During the 19th century, there was an increase in demand for more luxurious products in this sector. At the Universal Exhibition of 1873 in Vienna, the entrepreneurs of this industry, specially the local ones, had the possibility to present their products to a selected and international audience. It was during this exhibition that Josef Pauly was awarded the first Golden Cross for Industrial Merit. The second one was awarded at the Universal Exhibition in Barcelona 1888 .[5] That same year the company celebrated its 50-year anniversary and Josef Pauly appeared in a publication from Vienna honoring distinguished Business magnates (formally industrialists).[6]
By 1891, the company had received ten awards including the Medal of "Amission" in Brussels in 1876.[7]
According to a 1903 publication, J. Pauly & Sohn was considered "one of the oldest and most respected companies in the bedding industry" as, at the time of publication, "it had been 31 years since Pauly had obtained the honorary title of K.& K Purveyor of the Empire and was successfully delivering beds and furniture internationally".[8]
J. Pauly & Sohn handcrafted the first down duvets in Austria. They made beds and relaxation areas, bedrooms, mirror living rooms, green houses and patios. They offered complete furnishing, beds for children, baby cribs, travel beds and a large variety of bed linen, headboards and products for sleep. In their mattresses and furniture they used materials such as horsetail hair (a material diffusing humidity used at that time in saddles and carriages seats), cotton, wool, springs and silk.
Josef Pauly was succeeded by his son, also named Josef Pauly. By 1900 the Pauly family had been handcrafting beds for four generations. Nevertheless, the First World War, the fall of the monarchy in 1918, the Great Depression and eventually the Second World War created constant challenges for the company. The last family owner was Dorothea Henning after which the company was acquired by an investor group.
References
- ^ [The names and dates of K.u.k Purveyors from 1899 are in the Official Handbook of the Supreme Court and His K.& K. Apostolic Majesty. Printed and Published by the K.K. Court and State Printing House 1899, Vienna. Pauly’s name is on page 353 as shown in picture]
- ^ [K.u.k Purveyors from 1899 in the Official Handbook of the Supreme Court and His K.K. Apostolic Majesty .In German: Handbuch des Allerhöchsten Hofes und des Hofstaates, Seiner K. und K. Apostolischen Majestät för 1899, Wien. Druk und Verlag der K.K. Hof- und staatsdruckerei.]
- ^ Claudia Haase, Alexandra Kropf:. Where the customer is still Emperor. Economic Journal, June 15, 1996 called on 2 February of 2009.
- ^ Claudia Haase & Alexandra Kroft Where the Customer is Still Emperor, Wirtshaftsblatt Newspaper, Austria June 15th 1996 | http://wirtschaftsblatt.at/archiv/wirtschaft/981414/print.do
- ^ Austrian National Library,Historical Newspapers 1903, Supplement to the Vienna Newspaper Aug 8th,1903 | http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?apm=0&aid=wzj&datum=19030005&seite=00000112
- ^ Austrian National Library,Historical Newspapers 1988, Gallery of Outstanding Industrialist. The Anniversary Edition.Trade = Posing in Word and Picture Der Humorist, Free supplement to Illustrated Magazine, Vienna, Nr. 18, Year 8 , July 12, 1888, p. 4 | http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=hu1&datum=18880712&query=%22josef+pauly%22+%221888%22&provider=P02&ref=anno-search
- ^ A Pauly Beds drawing of an advertising from 1891 as shown in picture published in the Austrian Kaiser 1703-1903 Jubileums Anniversary edition. Alfred von Lindheim. Druck und Verlag K. K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Viena, August 8, 1903, p. 108
- ^ Supplement to the Vienna Newspaper. Saturday August 8th, 1903
External links
Media related to J. Pauly & Sohn at Wikimedia Commons