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If your company wants to use the imperial coat of arms. The Imperial-Royal Court Suppliers
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Because they formed an élite in the Monarchy, they even had access to the Habsburgs’ private apartments – a fact of which they are still proud nowadays.
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The title of Court supplier (Hoflieferant) first appears in the year 1782. The award of the title was seen as a distinction granted by the Court, as such suppliers, most of whom were tradesmen and commoners, had to fulfil the high standards expected by the Court. Since it was not necessary for the Court actually to order goods from them, the Court suppliers did not have any special rights.

Those tradesmen who wanted to use the title of Supplier to the Imperial-Royal Court (k.k. Hoflieferant) had to submit an application to the Court Chamberlain (Obersthofmeister). It was advantageous if they did business abroad and took part in trade fairs and exhibitions.

The Court Chamberlain made enquiries to the police and to the chamber of trade and commerce in order to ascertain that the applicants really were worthy of bearing the title. When the testimony was finally received the applicant was requested to pay a fee.

Once the fee had been paid the applicant could call himself a Supplier to the Imperial-Royal Court.

A still higher distinction was possible, namely the title of Supplier to the Imperial-Royal Chamber. The holders of this title were responsible for meeting the requirements of  members of the imperial family. This distinction was of use to both sides: such an award bound suppliers to the Court, while for them it was above all an advertisement for the quality of their business. This advertising effect should not be underestimated; in the second half of the nineteenth century there was a sharp rise in applications for the title.

The title was not hereditary and thus a new application was always necessary. Despite all the restrictions the number of titleholders increased to such an extent that by the end of the Monarchy there were more than 500 businesses with these titles in Vienna alone, and over 1,000 worldwide. Court suppliers could even be found in the USA and Japan. The range of  businesses went from confectioners, piano manufacturers, booksellers and electricians through jewellers, opticians and men’s outfitters to owners of joint-stock companies.

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Christ, Catharina: Jüdische k.u.k. Hoflieferanten in der Textilbranche mit Niederlassung in Wien in der Zeit von 1870 bis 1918, Univ. Dipl. Wien 2000, 10-12, 46-52. Haslinger, Ingrid: Kunde:Kaiser. Die Geschichte der ehemaligen k.u.k. Hoflieferanten, Wien 1996. Kalmar, Janos/Waldstein, Mella: K.u.k. Hoflieferanten Wiens, Graz, Stuttgart 2001, 7-9.
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