Crystal is Living Light

The crystal chandelier, a Baroque invention, has a 300- year-old
history of style and is still valid today. Regardless of where it shines,
the chandelier contributes a discreet festivity and a sense of elegance.

The crystal pendants on the chandelier had the purpose of increasing the source
of light – then the candle – thus enabling large rooms to be illuminated. The socalled
“fire” of a chandelier, the living combination of light source and cut glass,
is still one of the special aesthetic attractions of the chandelier today. The crystal
chandeliers by Lobmeyr date back to the historic styles and progress through history
to include the crystal chandeliers designed by the Wiener Werkstätte for electric
light and later the Art Déco period. In the 1950s there were the famous “Viennese
Chandelier” and the “Coffee House Chandelier”, designed by Oswald Haerdtl
and Carl Witzmann. Asymmetric shapes and a movement towards light sculpture
dominated the 1960s. This can be seen in the “Starburst” chandelier designed
by Lobmeyr for the Metropolitan Opera in New York or the light columns for the
Concert House in Athens (2004). Lobmeyr has influenced the history of chandeliers
since 1850 and is still one of the first addresses for high quality historic and modern
chandeliers worldwide today.

Model No.562/24 in baroque style, Ludwig Lobmeyr, approx. 1890
Model No.42278 historicist girandole, Ludwig Lobmeyr, approx. 1870