(b Vienna, 19 June 1805; d Kalksburg, nr Vienna, 25 Sept 1857). Austrian furniture-maker. In 1828 he took over the family furniture-making business, which had been established by his father, Matthias Leistler (1769–1836), in 1795, and in 1842 founded a parquet and furniture factory in Gumpendorf, Vienna. From 1843 until 1846 Leistler worked with Michael Thonet, under the direction of the English architect Peter Hubert Desvignes (1804–83), on the decoration of the 18th-century state rooms of the Palais Liechtenstein in Vienna (see AUSTRIA, fig. 27). The elaborate wall-decorations, parquet floors and furniture (in situ) were designed in the fashionable Rococo Revival style. In the 1850s Leistler continued to work in the service of John II, Prince of Liechtenstein, on the Gothic Revival furnishings (in situ) of the Bohemian castle of Lednice (Ger. Eisgrub), Czech Republic.

• Leistler, Carl
  • Vienna, §IV, 1: Centre of furniture production
  • collaboration
    • Thonet, Michael
  • groups and movements
    • Gothic Revival, §II: Decorative Arts
  • pupils
    • New Zealand, §VI, 1: Furniture, before 1870
    • Schönthaler, Franz
  • works
    • Austria, §V, 3: Interior decoration, 1781–1897
    • Austria, §VI, 3: Furniture, 1781–1897