LES 50 ANS DU MET - Paris Design Week

16 RUE DE LILLE
GALERIE
Photo : Metropolitan Opera Auditorium, New York City, 1966, © Lobmeyr
"LES 50 ANS DU MET"
DESIGN HANS HARALD RATH, 1966
LOBMEYR
September 2 - October 15, 2016
Opening reception Friday September 2nd, from 7pm
On the occasion of Paris Design Week
Galerie 16 RUE DE LILLE
16 Rue de Lille, 75007 Paris
G.L.T.
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SIEGE SOCIAL 16 RUE DE LILLE 75007 PARIS FRANCE
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16 RUE DE LILLE
GALERIE
Galerie 16 RUE DE LILLE and LOBMEYR celebrate in Paris the 50th Anniversary of the
MET lighting collection, designed for the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
In 1966 Hans Harald RATH, owner of LOBMEYR, designed 32 chandeliers and 331 wall lights for
the the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in New York. The interstellar appearance of
these lights was inspired by an illustration of "Le Ciel", a book of the French astrophysicist JeanClaude PECKER1, that was sent by the architect Wallace K. Harrison to Hans Harald Rath.
The magnificent chandeliers were placed in the auditorium of the Opera, featuring polished brass
and glittering clusters of crystal, this place has become one of the most iconic spots of New York.
In 2008, the beautiful lights returned to their birthplace, the LOBMEYR workshops in Vienna, for
their restoration.
The MET series is one of the best-seller of LOBMEYR lighting collection to this day and still in
production by the master craftsmen in the family heritage workshops in Vienna.
After celebrating in situ with pomp the 50th anniversary, last May during the Design Week in New
York, an echo in Paris was necessary, before the grand finale in Vienna.
Galerie16 RUE DE LILLE and LOBMEYR are happy to organize the exhibition : "Les 50 ans du
MET", on this occasion, unique pieces from the original decoration of the Metropolitan Opera in
1966 will be presented to collectors, together with editions as well as sketches, materials and
vintage images.
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LOBMEYR (Vienna, Austria), founded in 1823 by Josef LOBMEYR, supplier of the imperial court,
becomes the reference of Bohemian crystal in Austria. Josef and his brother Ludwig are the cofounders in 1864 of the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) in Vienna.
Stefan RATH, under the direction of his uncle Ludwig, then drove the house in the modernity and
co-founded Österreichischer Werkbund association in 1912. The sixth generation now runs the
famous house, some of its pieces are collected in prestigious institutions such as Musée des Arts
Décoratifs in Paris,V& A in London and MoM A in New York.
www.lobmeyr.at
Galerie 16 RUE DE LILLE, in the heart of the antiques district of the Rive Gauche in Paris, is a
gallery specializing in art and design, inter alia, abstract art, decorative arts of the 19th and 20th
centuries, architect's furniture, multiple, ceramics. A place that renews its scenographies according
to each exhibition. Galerie 16 RUE DE LILLE is official partner and exclusive distributor of
LOBMEYR lighting collection.
www.16ruedelille.fr
Contact : [email protected]
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"Le Ciel" de Jean-Claude PECKER, Ed. Delpire et Hennann, 1959
G.L.T.
SOCIETE A RESPONSABILITE LIMITEE
SIEGE SOCIAL 16 RUE DE LILLE 75007 PARIS FRANCE
R.C.S. PARIS 798 899 019 T.V.A. FR 20 798 899 019
T +33 9 84 39 35 61 [email protected]
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