Exglas (Inverted Glass)

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Exglas (Inverted Glass)

Artist(Decorator) Hilda Jesser Austrian, 1894 - 1985

Designer Josef Hoffmann Austrian, 1870-1956

Manufacturer Ludwig Moser & Söhne Czechoslovakia (Carlsbad)

Dateabout 1919

DimensionsH: 10 in. (25.4 cm); Rim Diam: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)

MediumGlass; blown, tooled, polished, and painted.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

2004.52

Not on View

Collections

Glass

Published ReferencesWiener Werkstätte Order Book (Model book), Wiener Werkstätte Archives, Museum für Angewandte Kunst (MAK) Vienna, p. 62, ill. 847 (drawing of glass).

Wiener Werkstätte Photograph Album, Wiener Werkstätte Archives, MAK , Vienna, p. 81, pl. 90.

Bröhan, Torsten (ed.), Glaskunst der Moderne: Von Josef Hoffmann bis Wilhelm Wagenfeld, Munich: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1992, p. 138, ill. 49.

Brunhammer, Yvonne, Arts Décoratifs des Annees 20, Paris: Editions du Seuils, Editions du Regard, 1991, p. 312.

Neuwirth, Waltraut, Wiener Werkstätte: Avantgarde, Art Deco, Industrial Design, Vienna, 1984, p. 165, 124.

Archive of the Wiener Werkstätte, Museum for Applied Arts Vienna, original photograph no. WWF 90-81-7.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, New Acquisitions in Glass, Oct. 8 - Dec. 26, 2004.Label TextThe name “Exglas” refers to the X-shaped form of this glass, which can only rest on a surface once the liquid it holds is consumed. The crossing ribbons of the decoration are also a play on the X shape. The designer Hilda Jesser (Austrian, 1894–1985) was said to exemplify the “Wiener Werkstätte [Vienna Workshops] craftswoman” because she worked in many media, including ceramics, commercial graphics, glass, embroidery, and metalwork. The flute reflects the stylistic shift of the Vienna Workshops after the First World War to more exuberant form and decoration.