Wine Glass from the Ambassador Service
Artist:
Oswald Haerdtl
(Austrian, 1899 - 1959)
Place made:Vienna, Austria
Date: Designed ca. 1925; made ca. 1960
Medium: Muselinglass (thin crystal)
Dimensions:
h. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm); w. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of William and Fay Sinkin
Object number: 95.2.2.a-n
Label Text
Oswald Haerdtl was a Viennese architect and designer associated with the Wiener Werkstatte (German for "Vienna Workshop"), a firm established in 1903 as an association of artists and craftspeople working together to manufacture fashionable household goods. Simplified shapes, geometric patterns, and minimal decoration characterized Wiener Werkstatte products.
(Kathleen Scanlon, Focus Gallery, 7/5/03-1/18/04)
(Kathleen Scanlon, Focus Gallery, 7/5/03-1/18/04)
Not on view
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