Wzornictwo przemysłowe zakładów odlewniczych z terenu powiatu koneckiego od lat 70. XIX wieku do 1939 roku
Industrial design of foundry companies in the Końskie district from the 1870s to 1939

Summary/Abstract: Cast iron was becoming increasingly popular in the mid-19th century in both construction and transmission design. The rich foundry traditions of the Końskie district, which belonged to the Old Polish Industrial Region, were mostly built up by plants developing at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Particular attention should be paid to the Stąporków Foundry and the Piotr Ławacz, Szai Kronenblum and Józef Mintz plants in Końskie. This article focuses on the analysis of only a fragment of an assortment characterised by interesting forms. Oven doors can be divided into three categories of designs based on: historicising ornament, Art Nouveau motifs, and geometric forms. The models presented in this article were duplicated in the assortment of all factories. Their popularity in the market of the time was immense, as evidenced by numerous surviving examples.

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