Silver Salon Silbersalon

The Silver Salon on the first floor of the Altes Hackerhaus is the sole surviving example of an interior from an upper class Munich home in the late 19th C. (around 1885). The magnificent period-piece was uncovered during restoration work in 1982, and afterwards renovated. The luxurious decor was originally commissioned by Mathias Pschorr jun., whose family had owned the property since 1794. The principal rooms were furnished in accordance with the style of the time, the salon in Neo-Roccoco, newly returned to fashion after being revived in the furnishing of Schloss Linderhof (1874-78) for King Ludwig II. The same two Munich firms of Radspieler and Pössenbacher employed at Schloss Linderhof were engaged to decorate the Silbersalon.

The model for the salon was the "silver" décor of François Cuvilliés' Amalienburg.