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The Making of

Inside Vienna’s J. & L. Lobmeyr HQ

When I visited, a Jugendstil chandelier, originally designed by Josef Hoffmann for the 1914 Werkbund Exhibition in Cologne, was in the process of being built. This is the center band, which will later be attached to tiers of crystal beads.

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