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THE PRODUCTS OF THE KALISZ PLUSH MILL IN THE YEARS 1907-2007 (Wyroby Pluszowni kaliskiej w latach 1907-2007)

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Klysz E.

Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej

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2008

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vol. 56

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issue 2

207-218

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The plush mill in Kalisz was founded in 1907. Already a few years later it was the biggest factory in the town and after WW I it became the principal manufacturer of piled textiles in Poland. The range of products has included both cut pile and loop pile fabrics. In the latter group we find brushed textiles with the nap made by combing uncut yarn (suedes and flannels) and cut pile fabrics, made by the partial fibration of previously cut threads, i.e. warp and weft plushes. The largest portion of weft plush production was constituted by cords and velveteens, followed by corduroy, plain and patterned velvets, plushes, felpa and moquette. Among warp plushes there were mostly fake furs, upholstery plush (woven as two fabrics linked with additional warp and cut on the loom), warp plush, warp velvet, moquette, carpets, runners, textiles used for lining and footwear production, single- and double-layer faux furs. Loop pile textiles have made a smaller proportion of the output. Of the oldest types we can find upholstery plush and terry used for bathrobes. Since the 1970s we can observe an increased popularity of textiles produced with the needling method and knitted textiles used for clothing, decoration and toy manufacturing, with cut or loop pile. The sources concerning the history of the mill testify to the great variety of design and colour in its products. Textiles have been produced here of various raw materials, representing a range of types, patterned and plain. The manufacture has involved a variety of weaving, printing and finishing techniques. Products have been offered of varied width, quality and price, which made them widely accessible. Changes in textile types and functions, design and raw materials, observable over the hundred years of the mill's functioning testify to the changing fashion in clothing and interior decoration over the period.

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FRYDERYK HINTZ AND HIS PIANOS

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Rottermund K.

Muzyka

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2007

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vol. 52

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issue 1(204)

117-128

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Frederick Hintz (1809-90), who came to the Kingdom of Poland from Prussia, was one of the leading representatives of the musical industry in Kalisz before the arrival in that town of the Fibiger family, whose pianos and pianofortes, produced from 1878, quickly came to dominate the local market. He was the second piano builder from Kalisz after Georg Lindemann (c. 1792-1849) whose instuments have survived to our day, and can be seen in places such as Industrial History Museum in Opatówek near Kalisz. Some of these instruments, including those in private possession, have been registered at the National Centre for Research and Documentation of Historical Heritage in Warsaw. The article presents the story of this worthy piano masterbuilder and supplements his biography with new detail, as well as discussing the construction features and external ornamentation of instruments manufactured by Hintz. The story of Hintz provides an example of a manufacturer of musical instruments working in a provincial town who has earned a permanent place not only in the pages of local history, but has also made a signficant contribution to ensuring for Kalisz a high-ranking position on the map of Polish centres of musical industry.

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GAZETTE OF THE LANDSTURM INFANTRY BATTALLION IN ZITTAU ('ZEITUNG DES LANSTURM-INFANTERIE- BATAILLONS ZITTAU'). UNKNOWN SOURCE OF THE HISTORY OF KAIISZ IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR ('Gazeta Batalionu Piechoty Landszturmu z Zytawy' (Polish title below)

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Walczak K.

Rocznik Historii Prasy Polskiej

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2008

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vol. 11

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issue 1-2(21-22)

235-252

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(Polish title: 'Zeitung des Landsturm-Infanterie-Bataillons Zittau') : nieznane zrodlo do dziejow miasta Kalisza podczas I wojny swiatowej). The article discusses a front periodical published by one of the troop units of the German mass uprising in the occupied Kalisz in 1915. This periodical has been so far unknown to Polish bibliography and historiography. Its formal features, as well as its history and contents of individual issues are described, with a particular focus on how it portrayed the damaged city.

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THE PRODUCTS OF THE KALISZ PLUSH MILL IN THE YEARS 1907-2007 (Wyroby Pluszowni kaliskiej w latach 1907-2007)

FRYDERYK HINTZ AND HIS PIANOS

GAZETTE OF THE LANDSTURM INFANTRY BATTALLION IN ZITTAU ('ZEITUNG DES LANSTURM-INFANTERIE- BATAILLONS ZITTAU'). UNKNOWN SOURCE OF THE HISTORY OF KAIISZ IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR ('Gazeta Batalionu Piechoty Landszturmu z Zytawy' (Polish title below)