The venerable Austrian firm J. & L. Lobmeyr is one of the world’s premier glassware makers and purveyors, noted especially for its lighting and tableware designs. Headquartered in Vienna, Lobmeyr has won numerous illustrious commissions in its nearly two centuries in business, including the chandeliers for the Hapsburg monarchy’s Schönbrunn Palace, Lincoln Center — which is home to the Metropolitan Opera in New York City — and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
Lobmeyr is still family owned and managed. The company was founded by glass trader Josef Lobmeyr in 1823. It thrived during the long tenure of his son Ludwig, who built a network of manufacturers and artisanal workshops in Bohemia — central Europe’s revered glass-making region, now part of the Czech Republic — and earned imperial patronage. (He also collaborated with Thomas Edison to create the first electric chandelier, in 1883.) His nephew, Stefan Rath, who took over as head of Lobmeyr in 1917, introduced modernist design to the company repertoire, contracting with designers such as Josef Hoffmann, Adolf Loos, Otto Prutscher and Michael Powolny to create tableware.
Lobmeyr has never been married to a dominant in-house design type. The firm has produced chandeliers and sconces in styles as various as neo-Baroque, Rococo, neoclassical (or Louis XVI), Art Nouveau, minimalist and “sputnik” mid-century modern. As you will see from the offerings available on these pages, Lobmeyr can bring a sense of grandeur suitable to any décor.
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White Fulvio Bianconi Handkerchief Bowl, Zanfirico Filigree Glass, Venini Murano
By Venini
Located in Stockholm, SE
Handkerchief ''zanfirico'' bowl/vase designed by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini, Murano. This fazzoletto bowl features zanfirico glass with lattimo white netted vertical cane and white ...
Art Glass, Blown Glass
12 Haviland Vieux Paris Green, Cups, Saucers. and Dessert Plates, Limoges Paris
By Haviland & Co.
Located in Stockholm, SE
Haviland Vieux Paris by Georges Rouard Haviland Vieux Paris, designed by the distinguished Georges Rouard, embodies the timeless elegance of Fren...
Porcelain
Large Turbine Glass Bowl Signed by the Swedish Glass Artist Erik Höglund, 1980
By Erik Höglund
Located in Stockholm, SE
Large Turbine glass bowl by the Swedish artist Erik Höglund, 1980. Erik Höglund, 1932-1998, was a Swedish sculptor and glass artist, commonly known for his thick and bubbly glass ma...
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Fulvio Bianconi Blue Handkerchief Bowl from Venini, Murano Italy
By Venini
Located in Stockholm, SE
Handkerchief bowl/vase designed by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini, Murano. This fazzoletto bowl features zanfirico glass with lattimo white netted vertical cane and light blue ribbons, s...
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Six Cups with Saucers, Theresienthal, Bohemia c. 1900
By Theresienthal
Located in Stockholm, SE
An exceedingly rare set of six cups with saucers, whose beauty captures both the eye and the imagination. The hand-blown opaline glass cups are shaped as delicate tulip blossoms, the...
Enamel
Rare Crystal Ashtray – Val Saint Lambert for Texaco, circa 1960s
By Val Saint Lambert
Located in Stockholm, SE
Striking and heavy crystal ashtray made by the prestigious Belgian glassmaker Val Saint Lambert. This particular piece was a special commission for Texaco, featuring the original lab...
Crystal
French 19th Century Belle Epoque Period Ormolu And Baccarat Crystal Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very elegant and high quality French 19th century Belle Epoque period Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal centerpiece. The oval shaped centerpiece is raised on a reeded base ...
Crystal, Ormolu
A Bohemian mid-19th century cut glass and silver centerpiece
Located in Sleepy Hollow, NY
An antique mid-19th century Bohemian cut-to-clear glass and silver centerpiece, circa 1850. The cut-to-clear and gilt decorated glass bowl is raised on four shell-shaped feet. The s...
Silver
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Bronze and Baccarat Crystal Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A lovely French 19th century Louis XV st. silvered bronze and Baccarat crystal centerpiece. The centerpiece is raised by an elegant and charming silvered bronze scrolled base, with w...
Crystal, Bronze
French late 19th century Louis XV st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most decorative French late 19th century Louis XV st. Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu centerpiece, stamped Baccarat. This stunning scallop shaped Baccarat Crystal centerpiece is set wi...
Crystal, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu And Baccarat Crystal Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and most elegant French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu and Baccarat crystal centerpiece. The centerpiece is raised by a beautiful pierced scrolled central reserve with a...
Crystal, Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Ormolu And Baccarat Crystal Centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stately and very attractive French 19th century Louis XV st. Ormolu and Baccarat Crystal centerpiece. The centerpiece bowl is raised by front and back "S" scrolled pierced supports...
Crystal, Ormolu
