Report, Yearly Meeting North Bohemia / Bericht, Jahresversammlung Nordböhmen


Report, Yearly Meeting North Bohemia / Bericht, Jahresversammlung Nordböhmen

  REPORT Light & Glass on the annual excursion and lectures from 12-15 June 2024 in North Bohemia CZ Bitte runterscrollen für Deutsch PROTOCOL, English PDF file PROTOKOLL Deutsch PDF Dokument After exemplary preparations by our secretariat with Christina Perrin, our members met on Wednesday 12th at the Glass and Bijouterie Jewellery Museum in Jablonec […] Read the whole article »



New Book: The Light Catchers from Kristine Budze


New Book: The Light Catchers from Kristine Budze

The Light Catchers by Kristine Budze The book The Light Catchers by Kristine Budze is dedicated to the most valuable glass chandeliers in the collection of the Rundale Palace Museum. In the first part of the book, the history of glass chandeliers in Europe is described, tracing the development of chandeliers, and characterising the types, […] Read the whole article »



Yearly Meeting 2024 Northern Bohemia / Jahrestreffen in Nord Böhmen


Yearly Meeting 2024 Northern Bohemia / Jahrestreffen in Nord Böhmen

Programme for Light & Glass Yearly Meeting, Northern Bohemia 12th – 15th June, 2024 Programm PDF Format      Speaker Programme To register, please contact our Secretary, Christina Perrin at: office@lightandglass.eu  Please do not book a room directly before contacting the secretary – we have reserved rooms for the group! Programme is subject to change! bitte runterscrollen […] Read the whole article »



The Palme family – Chandelier pioneers of Steinschönau (Kamenicky Senov)


The Palme family - Chandelier pioneers of Steinschönau (Kamenicky Senov)

Peter Rath has just returned from the old glass town, where our Society for Light and Glass was grounded, with his latest news.  The last event of our upcoming trip to Northern Bohemia will be the LUSTRFEST on Saturday June 14th and 15th. The Lustrfest will be celebrating “300 years Palme chandeliers from Parchen” The […] Read the whole article »



New Exhibition: Lobmeyr Wien – 200 Jahre mit böhmischem Glas / Lobmeyr Vienna – 200 Years with Bohemian Glass


New Exhibition: Lobmeyr Wien - 200 Jahre mit böhmischem Glas / Lobmeyr Vienna - 200 Years with Bohemian Glass

                                            Eine neue Ausstellung zum Lobmeyr eröffnet am 22. November in Prag A new Lobmeyr Exhibition will be opening on the 22nd of November in Prague   Please scroll down for English   Zur […] Read the whole article »



Décor motifs of the bronze chandeliers in Lithuania and Latvia in the 16th – 18th century:


Décor motifs of the bronze chandeliers in Lithuania and Latvia in the 16th – 18th century:

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 »