Antique Later-19th Century Austrian Needlepoint Embroidery - Semmering Hotel on the Suedbahn Route
In this rare needlepoint is a a later and more developed view of the famed & iconic Austrian hotel in a Viennese Secession style, and noteworthy because it is from an American collection.
Size: 12 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches (art); 15 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (board to which needlepoint is mounted on)
About the Hotel: The original Suedbahnhotel Semmering (also called “Hotel Semmering” or “First Suedbahnhotel”) was the 1st Hotel am Semmering at all and was opened in 1882 at the foot of Pinkenkogel Mountain. The Suedbahnhotel am Semmering was one of several grand hotels along the Suedbahn route from Vienna to Triest which were commissioned in order to stimulate the tourism in the respective regions and also the Suedbahn route. The Semmering Railways was consequently expanded to make the hotel into a popular holiday and spa resort. Semmering was popular with Viennese society as well as with the multi-national guests from all levels of the royal monarchy. Fin de Siècle and Belle Époche are two eras at the end of the 19th century and/or at the beginning of the 20th century which were characteristic for the Suedbahnhotel Semmering, but not just from social-political and sports history perspectives. Among its early guests include Empress Elisabeth, Baron Franz Kubinsky, Sigmund Freud, Queen Maria of Rumania, Gustav Mahler, Oskar Kokoschka, Egon Friedell, Peter Altenberg, Adolf Loos, Franz Werfel, Gerhard Hauptmann, Otto Zarek, Hans von Huelsen, Adrienne Gessner, Kolo Moser, Karl Kraus and many many more.