Lobmeyr No. 240 Ambassador Glassware
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Lobmeyr No. 240 Ambassador Glassware is a drinking set of fine, mouth-blown stemware designed by the Viennese architect Oswald Haerdtl in 1925. Each glass has a conical bowl that rises from a slender stem in one fluid line, so a table set with Ambassador looks light, festive and quietly modern. The set includes a goblet, three wine glasses, a cocktail glass, a champagne flute, a champagne cup or martini glass and a sherbet on stem. Mix them to suit anything from an aperitif for two to a full dinner party.
Each Ambassador glass is mouth-blown in muslin glass, the exceptionally thin, lead-free crystal Lobmeyr is known for. The walls are so fine that the glass feels almost weightless in the hand, yet the crystal is durable enough to enjoy often. Hand washing is recommended, though the glasses may go in a dishwasher on a glass program.
Oswald Haerdtl, one of the most versatile Austrian architects of the early twentieth century, created the Ambassador set for the 1925 Exposition des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, the exhibition that gave Art Deco its name. It remains a highlight of his long collaboration with Lobmeyr, and pieces from the original series are held by the Museum of Modern Art and Cooper Hewitt in New York. Lobmeyr was founded in Vienna in 1823 and is still family-run in its sixth generation.
