Description

Specialties

• Son of the founder (also Theodore, 1823-1883)
• Manufacturing Jewelers
• Mass produced, inexpensive, beautiful jewelry for the masses.

Materials

• Silver
• Low carat gold
• Marcasite
• Semi-precious stones
• Enamel

1855

• Seeger & Fahrner Jewelry Factory.

1877

• Founded Pforzheimer Kunstgewerbeverein (Commercial Art Society).

1883

• Death of Theodor Fahrner Sr.

1900-1919

• Numerous Artists Created Fahrner Jewelry.

1900

• Silver Medal at the Paris World’s Fair.

1901

• TF Trademark Registered.
• Enabled exportation to Britain.
• Collaborated with Murrle, Bennett & Co.

1917

• Membership in Deutsche Werkbund.

1919

• Death of Theodor Fahrner
• Firm Sold to Gustav Braendle, keeping key employees including Friedrich Katz.

Designers

• Darmstadt Artists Colony.
• Franz Boeres
• Paul Burck
• Max Josef Gradl
• Ludwig Habich
• Hermann Häussler
• Patritz Huber
• Julius Muller-Salem
• Joseph Maria Olbrich
• H.C. van de Velde