Previous Next

Der Mantel des österreichischen Kaisers

1830, Draft: Philipp von Stubenrauch , (Hoftheaterkostümdirektor)

 

 

Der Mantel des österreichischen Kaisers

The mantle with train is made of red velvet and studded with a pattern of gold-threaded embroidery. It consists of double eagles holding a sword and imperial orb in their talons and bearing the Crown of Rudolf II on their heads. The eagles' breasts are decorated with the Austrian red-white-red flag (Bindenschild). A wide border with sprays of oak-leaves, acorns and laurel leaves with fruit frames the mantle, which is hemmed with a yellowed band of white velvet embroidered with oak and laurel leaves. The mantle is fastened by means of twisted gold cords. The ermine lining of the hem has not been preserved. When Ferdinand I (1793-1875), the son of Francis I (1768-1835), was to be crowned as the "younger" king of Hungary in 1830, the Austrian emperor needed appropriate vestments. Given the fact that Austria did not have its first emperor until 1804, it was necessary to create such vestments from scratch. Significantly, the costume director of the Imperial and Royal Court Theatre, Philipp von Stubenrauch, was commissioned to design them, and three signed sheets of his sketches for the Austrian emperor's vestments have been preserved (Inv.Nos. SK_WS_XVI_B_40-42). The left of two adjacent designs on the second sheet is marked with a cross, suggesting that the emperor chose this design for the mantle that was later executed. In Friedrich von Amerling's famous portrait of Emperor Francis I (Inv.No. GG_8618) , he wears the mantle and the Crown of Rudolf II (Inv.No. SK_WS_XIa_1).

Location: Kaiserliche Schatzkammer Wien Raum 3

Object data

Object Name

Textil

Culture

Wien

Dated

1830

Material

Textil; Roter und weißer Samt, Goldstickerei in Sprengtechnik, Pailetten, Hermelin, weiße Seide

Dimensions

L. 276 cm

Image rights

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Weltliche Schatzkammer

Inv. No.

Schatzkammer, WS XIV 117

Kunst & Patenschaft

This object is still without a Art Patron. Accept the patronage and make sure that this cultural treasure is preserved for future generations.
Your donation is a direct and sustainable contribution to the scientific documentation, research, restoration, and presentation of the artworks of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien.

Become an art patron