bowl
Object NameFooted Bowl
Designer
Josef Hoffmann
(Austrian, 1870-1956)
Maker(glass) probably
Meyr’s Neffe Glassworks
(1862-1922)
Retailer
Wiener Werkstätte
(1903-1932)
Made FromLead Glass
Date1916
TechniqueBlown into mold, ground, polished
SizeOverall H: 13.1 cm; Rim Diam (max): 12.7 cm
Accession Number74.3.24 B
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
The Tradition of the Avant-Garde: Bohemian Glass 1820-1935
Glass of the Architects: Vienna, 1900-1937
Interpretive NotesThe Viennese architect and designer Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956) deplored the poor quality of mass-produced objects. His preference for well-crafted everyday wares echoed the aims of the earlier Arts and Crafts movement in England. Hoffmann, who belonged to the avant-garde group of Austrian artists known as the Vienna Sezession, founded the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshop) in 1903. It produced all kinds of decorative arts, from jewelry to complete room decorations. Vienna’s Die Fledermaus (The Bat), designed by Hoffmann and others in 1907, is one of the Wiener Werkstätte’s most recognized interiors. Inspired by artistic cabarets in Paris and Munich, it promoted the Werkstätte’s design philosophy. In glass, Hoffmann’s work is characterized by simple, full forms and spare, usually geometric decoration. This set of glasses was probably made at Meyr’s Neffe, one of the Bohemian glassworks that fabricated the Wiener Werkstätte’s designs.
Austria, Vienna; probably Bohemia, Vimperk (Adolf bei Winterberg)
Provenance
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Object copyright© Josef Hoffmann
