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The Imperial Furniture Collection ((ドイツ語:Hofmobiliendepot)) in Vienna is a furniture museum that houses one of the most important collections of furniture in the world.〔(''The history of the museum'' ) at www.hofmobiliendepot.at. Accessed on 23 Aug 2013〕 Today, the museum mainly contains furniture of the Habsburg monarchs. In addition the museum offers an overview of the history of Viennese cabinet making and interior decoration, from purveyors to the Imperial Household to well-known artists of the early 20th century - Adolf Loos, Josef Hoffmann and Otto Wagner, who characterized the domestic architecture of Vienna. The main building is located in ''Andreasgasse 7'' in the 7th Vienna district of Neubau. == History == In 1747, the first Court Furniture Inspector (''Hofmobilieninspektor'') was entrusted with the inventory control, care and transportation of the furniture belonging to the imperial court of Empress Maria Theresa. In 1809 this court service was designated as the Court Furniture Directorate (''Hofmobiliendirektion'') and was responsible for the purchase of new furniture for the imperial household. In 1901 the present building of the Imperial-Royal Court Furniture Depository (''k. k. Hofmobiliendepot'') on ''Mariahilfer Straße 88'', together with attached workshops and coach houses, was built as a central storage facility for furniture not actually being used. Because the Habsburgs furnished their residences and palaces in accordance with the style of the period and their own aesthetic taste, 160,000 items ended up in the exhibition. Anything that was no longer used, just made its way to the depot. After the end of the Danube monarchy in 1919 the entire imperial furniture collection was transferred to the Republic of Austria. Part of it was, and is, used for representative purposes, for example for the official residences of the federal presidents. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Imperial Furniture Collection」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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