Kronleuchter des 17. bis 20. Jahrhunderts aus Messing, „bronze doré“, Zinkguss, Porzellan, Holz, Geweih, Bernstein und Glas Käthe Klappenbachs zweite Bestandskatalog soll am 30.4.2019 im Verlag Schnell & Steiner Regensberg erscheinen und ist denn über diesen Link des Verlages erhältlich. The second edition of Käthe Klappenbuch’s Inventory Catalogue, covering chandeliers from the collections of the […] Read the whole article »
March 7th 2019 We have just received the sad news that our member, John P. Smith passed away last week in London, England. In spite of battling cancer, he attended our Yearly Meeting last year in Prague because as he said, “there is no point in sitting around feeling sorry for myself”. John was a […] Read the whole article »
EUROPEAN SOCIETY „LIGHT & GLASS“ study-funds Venice 2019 Dear Members and Friends of Light & Glass, As a part of the preparations for our Yearly Meeting in Venice in September 26th – 29th of this year, it has been decided that our organization, in collaboration with the Fondazione Cini, will fund a research project which […] Read the whole article »
Seit dem 17.12.2018 sind im Themenportal “Brandenburgische Gläser” bei museum-digital (www.museum-digital.de) auch Kronleuchter publiziert. Weitere Informationen siehe: https://www.spsg.de Since the 17th December 2017, on the Website “Museum Digital” one can view chandeliers as well as Brandenburg Glass from the collection of the Brandenburg Schlösser. There are also glass collections from the Potsdam Museum – Forum […] Read the whole article »
To aid you in planning for 2019, we have an initial announcement regarding our next meeting: Bitte scrollen sie runter für Deutsch Pre-Invitation to the Light & Glass Yearly Meeting, Venice 2019 Light & Glass is very honoured to be able to announce that we have been invited to hold our next Yearly Meeting & […] Read the whole article »
Turin – A Treasure Trove of Chandeliers The Palazzos Reale di Torino (Royal Palace of Turin) in the city centre and the Palazzina di Caccia Stupinigi 10 km. to the south, were once seat to the powerful Dukes of Savoy and are both in possession of great riches in their collections of chandeliers and other […] Read the whole article »