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Ludwig Lobmeyr

Medal
ca. 1899 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This medal depicting Ludwig Lobmeyr is made by Ferdinand Marschall in 1899, to commemorate Ludwig's 70th birthday.
Ludwig Lobmeyr (1829-1917) was an Austrian glass manufacturer and son of Josef Lobmeyr, who founded the famous Lobmeyr business for glassware in Vienna in 1823. Josef junior took over later with his brother Ludwig.
In 1860 they became the official suppliers of glass for the Austrian Court. They also produced crystal chandeliers and delivered to court. In 1882 together with Thomas Alva Edison he made the first electrical crystal chandeliers which were installed in the 'Redoutensaele' in Vienna. Lobmeyr's chandeliers are also famously installed e.g. at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the John F. Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts in Washington DC or the Kreml in Moskau. The company still exists today and works in glassware and the lighting business producing high quality and esthetic objects in close cooperation with designers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleLudwig Lobmeyr (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Brief description
Medal, bronze, Ludwig Lobmeyr, by Rudolph Marshall, Austria, 1899
Physical description
Obverse: Profile portrait bust of Lobmeyr looking right. Inscribed.
Reverse: A branch of ivy on the left side. Inscribed.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 6.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'LUDWIG LOBMEYR/R. MARSCHALL FEC.' (obverse)
  • 'ZUM/SIEBZIGSTEN/GEBURTSTAG GEWIDMET/VON DEN FREUNDEN/SEINES HAUSES/2.AUG./MDCCCLXXXXIX' (reverse)
Object history
Given in the name of Baurat Hartwig Fischel by his son Paul J Gordon-Fischel, Chessington, Surrey, in 1983.
Subject depicted
Summary
This medal depicting Ludwig Lobmeyr is made by Ferdinand Marschall in 1899, to commemorate Ludwig's 70th birthday.
Ludwig Lobmeyr (1829-1917) was an Austrian glass manufacturer and son of Josef Lobmeyr, who founded the famous Lobmeyr business for glassware in Vienna in 1823. Josef junior took over later with his brother Ludwig.
In 1860 they became the official suppliers of glass for the Austrian Court. They also produced crystal chandeliers and delivered to court. In 1882 together with Thomas Alva Edison he made the first electrical crystal chandeliers which were installed in the 'Redoutensaele' in Vienna. Lobmeyr's chandeliers are also famously installed e.g. at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the John F. Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts in Washington DC or the Kreml in Moskau. The company still exists today and works in glassware and the lighting business producing high quality and esthetic objects in close cooperation with designers.
Collection
Accession number
A.4-1983

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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