Goldsmiths are used to doing precision work at a very small scale. And so Wilhelm Hadler came up with the idea of creating a miniature violin. It’s made of pure gold and is actually playable.

The first “Sisi Stars” were a gift from Emperor Franz Joseph I to his wife on the occasion of their first wedding anniversary. The stars are also famously worn by the Empress in an oil portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter.

Opticians not only make eyewear, but also optical instruments. Adolf Jirasko’s masterpiece shows what complex mechanical objects opticians used to make to demonstrate their skills.

Developed in Vienna between 1880 and 1930, the "Rittmeister portemonnaie" is called "officier" (officer) in France and "Fledermaus" (bat) in Germany. It is a prime example of the finest Viennese manufacture of leather fashion accessories, which emerged from book binding and has always been characterised by choice materials and the most careful workmanship.

The boundaries between art and crafts dissolve as a tiled stove in the shape of a large piece of cloth covers a mysterious object.

It took four years to carve this masterpiece of a giant pipe in Allentsteig in the Waldviertel region. Rudolf von Habsburg can be seen on the lid, leaving his horse to a priest; underneath are the crown lands’ coats of arms and the motto “Praised be the devout hunter”.

Crafts are progressive and use new technologies.

Upcycling: modern vases are made of empty cigarette boxes that would otherwise end up in the rubbish.