I'm always on the look out for original, rare or beautiful needlework patterns. And about a month ago I acquired some cute little leaflets with simple, but sweet designs.
These were the first of that kind in my collection, so I did a little research to find out more. Most of the information online was in German, so with the help of translating apps I pieced together the story of the factory where those patterns came from.
If anyone has any more information, or corrections please so let me know.
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The story:
In 1855 Elsässer
Eusebius Schiffmacher founded a twine company in Augsburg's old town, by 1860’s the business had grown so much that the company relocated to Göggingen.
In the 1870’s it
was renamed "Zwirnerei und Nähfadenfabrik Göggingen AG" (ZNFG), and became one of the fourth largest textile
company in the region, eventually focusing on the production of sewing threads.
1870 it provided employment
for 178 workers.
As the company
grew, so did the number of persons employed. The ZNFG company had the
philosophy that they should care for their workers, they did so by building
living quarters for their employees and their family, and in time built a kindergarten,
school, bathing and washing house, and even a fire station.
By 1912, the
company had grown to 1481 workers.
In the 1950’s the
company had a merge, and became "Ackermann
Göggingen AG"
Slowly the
factory was modernized, and with more merges, and take-overs the company is now
part of the AMANN Group, and called"Ackermann Nähgarne GmbH &. Co. "
Sources:
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| ''I just love antique patterns, don't you ?'' |
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| Three leaflets from 1904 |
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| The three designs are from leaflet 5, 10 and 13 |
I love the research you put into these. The designs AND the packaging are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThank you ! I love researching and learning more about the origin of antique items...
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