Friedrich Fischbach was a German

Germany

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 textile designer.

Biography

He received his education at the Berlin Academy of Industrial Design. In 1862, he moved to Vienna

Vienna

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 where he followed the profession of decorator and designer. There he prepared drawings for the collection of pattern designs in the Austrian Museum. He became teacher of ornamentation at the Royal Academy, Hanau

Hanau

Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main. Its station is a major railway junction.- Geography :...

, in 1870, and from 1883 to 1888 served as director of the newly organized Industrial Art School of Saint Gall

Saint Gall

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. In 1889, he moved to Wiesbaden

Wiesbaden

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. He founded many societies for the advancement of industrial art and by his work exercised a great influence on textile designing in Germany

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. In 1909, the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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, New York City

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, acquired his collection of antique embroideries and fabrics.

Writings

• Ornamente der Gewebe, with 160 colored plates (1874-81)
• Geschichte der Textilkunst (1883)
• Südslavische Ornamente (2d ed., 1872)
• Album für Stickerei (130 patterns in gold and colors, 1872; 1880)
• Neue Muster für Stickerei und Häkelarbeiten (3 series, 1880-83)
• Stickereimuster (1888)
• Häkelvorlagen (1889)
• Weissstickereivorlagen (1892)
• Die Wichtigsten Webemuster bis zum 19ten Jahrhundert (1900)