Art Deco Mermaid Decantor by Bimini Workshops Lauscha Glassworks

c.1925

Produced by Bimini-Werkstätten, Austria

17*9*9 (cm)

A blue glass decanter made by the Bimini-Werkstätten (Bimini Workshop) in Austria during the height of Art Deco in the 1920s. The inside of the decanter is inlaid with a mermaid sculpture made of Opal glass, and the outside is made of extremely thin blue glass, decorated with traditional patterns through etching techniques. The overall shape is extremely elegant and simple, making it an excellent addition to your Art Deco collection.

The Bimini-Werkstätten was founded in 1923 by the Austrian architect Fritz Lampl (1892-1955) together with Josef Berger (1898-1989) and Artur Berger (1892-1981), two talented architects and designers. In just a few years, this artistic glass factory became famous outside Vienna. throughout Europe. The Bimini workshop specializes in producing elegant abstract glass sculptures from opaque glass, usually in a single color or at most two colours. The name Bimini comes from a late prose poem by Heinrich Heine about a trip to the legendary Caribbean island of Bimini, where Juan Ponce de León is said to have sought the Fountain of Youth.

In the years that followed the boom in glass production, Lampl continued to write as a poet, and when the workshop was closed in the evening, the reception room opened as a literary gathering place, designed by the twelve-tone composer and architect Josef Matthias Hauer. Furniture designer Paul Engelmann and philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein were also frequent guests.

Josef Berger, one of the founders of Bimini, was a student of the Vienna Secession architect Adolf Loos. In the mid-20th century, he and his colleagues founded the Austrian Young Architects Association (Bund junger österreichischer Architekten)

About another founder, Artur Berger (1892-1981), was an Austrian film architect and production designer. While working in Austria from 1920 to 1936, he completed about 30 feature films. He then moved to Moscow, Soviet Union, where he continued designing films until the 1970s. Fritzi Berger, sister of Josef and Artur Berger, also worked as a fashion designer at the Vienna Secession workshop (Wiener Werkstätte).

Art glass production either transformed or ceased until the rise of National Socialism in Austria forced the workshop founders to emigrate one after another after 1936.

装饰艺术主义Bimini人鱼内嵌蚀刻玻璃醒酒器

约1925年

制造商：Bimini-Werkstätten，奥地利

17*9*9 厘米

1920年代装饰艺术主义盛期由奥地利 Bimini 工坊（*Bimini-Werkstätten）*制作的蓝色玻璃醒酒器。醒酒器内部镶嵌由Opal glass 欧泊变色蛋白石玻璃制成的人鱼雕塑，外部是杯壁极薄的蓝色玻璃，通过蚀刻的技法装饰有传统花型。整体器型极其优雅简洁，是Art Deco装饰艺术主义极好的收藏补充。

Bimini 工坊由奥地利建筑师与诗人 Fritz Lampl （1892-1955）与 Josef Berger (1898-1989) 和 Artur Berger（1892-1981）这两位才华横溢的建筑师和设计师一起于 1923 年建立，在短短几年内这家艺术玻璃工厂就走出维也纳闻名于整个欧洲。 Bimini 工坊擅长用不透明玻璃生产出优雅的抽象玻璃雕像，通常为单色或至多两种颜色。Bimini 这个名字源自 Heinrich Heine 海涅晚期的一篇散文诗，讲述了一次前往传奇的加勒比海岛屿 Bimini 的旅行，相传 Juan Ponce de León 曾在那里寻找青春之泉。

在随后玻璃生产蓬勃发展的岁月里，Lampl 作为诗人继续创作，当工坊晚上关闭时，接待室开设了一个文学聚会场所，由十二音作曲家、建筑师 Josef Matthias Hauer 设计。家具设计师 Paul Engelmann、哲学家Ludwig Wittgenstein 维特根斯坦也常常做客于此。

Bimini 创始人之一的Josef Berger，是维也纳分离派建筑师 Adolf Loos 的学生，20世纪中期，与同僚一起创立奥地利青年派建筑师协会（ Bund junger österreichischer Architekten）

关于另一位创始人 Artur Berger ，是电影建筑师和制作设计师。1920年至1936年在奥地利创作期间，完成了约30部故事片。随后他移居苏联莫斯科，在那里继续设计电影直到 1970 年代。Josef 与 Artur Berger 的姐妹 Fritzi Berger也作为时尚设计师曾在维也纳分离派工坊 Wiener Werkstätte 工作。

直到奥地利国家社会主义的兴起迫使工坊创始人们于 1936 年后陆续移居海外，艺术玻璃生产或转型或停止。