Early Life, Family and Training Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, on April 1, 1840, Wilhelm Xylander entered a world shaped by craftsmanship and art. He was the son of Friederich Wilhelm Xylander, a master tailor, and Johanne Katharine Morgenstern. This familial connection to the arts was significant, as his mother was the sister of the painter Christian Morgenstern. Such a lineage provided a quiet, steady foundation for a young man destin…