PT Journal AU Samal, P TI Rakosnik firm in Karlin as a factory for architectural decoration. Function, production and importance of the sculptural-stucco firm since the era of Art Nouveau and historicism to the first half of the 20th centuryDie Firma Rakosnik in Karlin als eine Baudekorationsfabrik. Das Funktionieren, die Produktion und Bedeutung eines Bildhauer-Stuckateurbetriebs seit der Ara des Jugendstils und der Historismen bis Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts SO Staleta Praha PY 2018 BP 73 EP 102 VL 34 IS 1 DI 10.56112/sp.2018.1.03 WP https://staletapraha.cz/en/artkey/pha-201801-0003.php DE Karlin - Liben - Vinohrady - Josefov - Ceske Budejovice - architectural decoration - sculptural-stucco firm - stucco art - Art Nouveau architecture - Art Nouveau sculptural art - historicism architecture - facade - Lucerna Palace - Oldrich Rakosnik - Vaclav Kunes - Otakar Rakosnik - Bohumil Sterba SN 02316056 AB The study presents the theme of plastic decoration of Prague buildings, based on detailed research of the Rakosnik Sculptural-Stucco Firm in Prague Karlin, which used to be one of the largest firms of that type in Prague, with the longest period of production. Its history and development from the late 19th century to the first half of the following century was reconstructed, which fundamentally widened the fragmentary knowledge of certain pieces of work, pursued by this firm also in several other Prague quarters outside Karlin or often outside Prague. The study also concerns the circumstances of the operation of contemporary sculptural-stucco firms, the persons employed by the firm, prices of individual works, decoration technology, spectrum of the activities and their relation to the transformations of architectural styles. ER