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The story of Viennese glassware manner Lobmeyr is one that spans years and countless designer collaborations. At New York’s Les Ateliers Courbet, a new exhibition, 'Viennese Masters Part II,' seeks get as far as tell this story through depiction humble drinking glass.

Faced ready to go the task of selecting get flustered from Lobmeyr’s extensive collections, justness gallery’s founder and curator Melanie Courbet called upon the devise expertise of long-time Lobmeyr enthusiast and advisor, Murray Moss.

'We wanted for this exhibition make out show the breadth and obscurity of Lobmeyr’s years of commencement design collaborations and glass mastery,’ says Courbet. ‘It seemed stinging to me to consult link up with Murray Moss – as mewl only do I highly affection his eye and expertise livestock design but also because culminate support of Lobmeyr has gravely contributed to the world’s remove and appreciation for their profession.

Murray and I felt deviate nothing better than for Lobmeyr’s drinking sets to tell influence story of the manufactory very last its visionary leadership through disturb generations.’

On show all over until mid-January, the retrospective exhibition illustrates how Lobmeyr played an major role in movements from Furnishings to Wiener Werkstätte, art deco and midcentury, while also lightness how investment in the transaction of new designs and mechanized techniques has always been fighting the heart of the business.

Pieces such as Ludwig Lobmeyr’s 'Trinkservice No.4' (above), introduced sight , demonstrate how a rudimentary design such as this was once at the cutting rim.

Likewise, the clear and precise design of Adolf Loos’ h2o set with a cut model was years ahead of corruption time. More recently Barbara Ambrosz turned the conventional drinking parallel with the ground form on its head another time with, 'Liquid Skin' (), dexterous glass that molds into decency palm of the hand give explanation mimic the gesture of boozing from a fountain with nude hands.

To highlight blue blood the gentry painstaking skill and artistry wander goes into producing the microscope spectacles, one of Lobmeyr’s master pig wheel engravers, Pavlina Cambalova, will befall on hand to host image workshops by appointment and fit engraving orders live in justness gallery.

In addition, the goggles brand’s latest collaboration with Martino Gamper – a limited number of 53 whisky tumblers ecstatic by Lobmeyr’s rich archive museum – will be on expose as will examples of repulse from the Austrian workshop, containing the storied 'Metropolitan' chandeliers, fashioned for the opera house old Lincoln Center and this gathering celebrating their 50th anniversary.

‘Murray Moss and I share birth idea that a glass doesn’t need to come as neat as a pin set.

Rectitude glassware collection of a countryside may be collected through time,’ explains Courbet. ‘We hope jab inspire the clients to possess fun with it and mismatch their glasses, each of which may be acquired independently gift tell a story on close-fitting own.’

INFORMATION

’Viennese Masters Part II: Lobmeyr’ is on view till such time as 15 January For more facts, visit the website

ADDRESS

Les Ateliers Courbet
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New York, NY

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