J. & L. Lobmeyr Furniture
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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1870s Austrian Islamic Antique J. & L. Lobmeyr Furniture
Glass
Late 20th Century Italian J. & L. Lobmeyr Furniture
Crystal
19th Century Antique J. & L. Lobmeyr Furniture
Cut Glass
Early 20th Century Austrian J. & L. Lobmeyr Furniture
Crystal
1890s Italian Antique J. & L. Lobmeyr Furniture
Gold, Enamel
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern J. & L. Lobmeyr Furniture
Enamel, Gold Leaf
20th Century Art Nouveau J. & L. Lobmeyr Furniture
Blown Glass
Late 19th Century Czech Bohemian Antique J. & L. Lobmeyr Furniture
Glass
20th Century Austrian J. & L. Lobmeyr Furniture
Enamel
19th Century English Antique J. & L. Lobmeyr Furniture
Mid-18th Century German Antique J. & L. Lobmeyr Furniture
Glass
19th Century Czech Bohemian Antique J. & L. Lobmeyr Furniture
Cut Glass
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique J. & L. Lobmeyr Furniture
Enamel