Décor motifs of the bronze chandeliers in Lithuania and Latvia in the 16th – 18th century: typology, prevalence, symbolism[1] Author: Alante Valtaite-Gagac Please find the article in full here: https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/mik-2022-0003 Summary: The article analyses for the first time the décor’ motifs of the bronze chandeliers from Lithuania and Latvia in the 16th – 18th century. […] Read the whole article »
For those members who came early to Vienna it was possible to attend the grand opening on the evening of the 6th of June of the special Exhibition in the Vienna Museum for the Applied Arts “Glanz und Glamour – 200 years Lobmeyr”. The exhibition curated by Alice Liechtenstein gives a beautiful feeling of the […] Read the whole article »
Yearly Meeting, “200 Years Lobmeyr” Full Schedule PDF: Meeting_schedule_2023 Vienna Programme PDF: Speaker Programme Eng This year we have the honour of getting to know not just one, but two time-honoured Viennese chandelier producers better. It gives us great pleasure to announce the participation of the Bakalowits Company this year, which has been in existence […] Read the whole article »
This article aims to rescue from oblivion one of the most important German glass factories of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries: the Chursächsische Spiegelfabrik, or Mirror Factory of the Electorate of Saxony, founded by the Elector at Friedrichsthal, north of Dresden, in […] Read the whole article »
EXTENDED – The Exhibition has been extended to the 9th of July 2023, worth a visit! The autumn exhibition “Venini: Light 1921 – 1985”, curated by Marino Barovier, intends to explore the glassworks’ activity in the field of lighting, from a small to a large scale, tracing an excursus through its most significant projects. One […] Read the whole article »
Update; Die Ausstellung geht weiter, es wird von 29.10.2022—08.01.2023 wieder möglich ein Besuch abzustatten. Mit Beginn der dunklen Winterzeit lassen wir es im Jägerhof wieder strahlen und glitzern – nicht nur durch die traditionelle Weihnachtsdekoration in der Adventszeit. Wir holen auch die prachtvollen erzgebirgischen Kronleuchter aus dem „Sommerschlaf“ und beleuchten (!) damit einen wichtigen Aspekt […] Read the whole article »