{"id":398,"date":"2010-03-08T03:23:10","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T07:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Austria\/?p=398"},"modified":"2018-06-22T20:08:43","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T10:08:43","slug":"vienna-shopping-vienna-shops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Austria\/shopping\/vienna-shopping-vienna-shops","title":{"rendered":"Vienna Shops That Were Good Enough For Emperors"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201ck.u.k Hoflieferant\u201d – A Hallmark of Quality:<\/h3>\n

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Chandeliers<\/p><\/div>When shopping in Vienna, there’s nothing that confirms the hallmark of quality more than the honorary title of \u201ck.u.k Hoflieferant\u201d<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Back in the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire<\/strong>, companies were handpicked by the royal court for the quality of their goods.\u00a0 If chosen, the company had the privilege of supplying to the Imperial Court and were given the honorary title of \u201ck.u.k Hoflieferant\u201d.<\/p>\n

As you can imagine, this accreditation by the Imperial Court was one of the most sought-after accolades and up to this day, this honarary title is still representative of premium quality.<\/p>\n

In the heydays of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, there were over 500 official purveyors to the royal court in Vienna.\u00a0 Whilst the Austrian Empire collapsed at the end of World War I, the quality of goods by some of these Vienna shops and their ongoing demand have seen these “purveyors to the Imperial Court”<\/em><\/strong> survive up to present times.<\/p>\n