Designed in 1963 by Hans Harald Rath, "Exploding Stars" were made as a present from the Austrian people to the USA out of gratitude for rescuing Austria from the Nazi-regime for the new Metropolitan Opera House New York in 1966. Designed and executed by J & L Lobmeyr Vienna, in an unconventional, striking method of construction. Prescription and illustration are to find in an article of Ingrid Müller, Leuchten in der Metropolitan Opera, New York, Lichttechnik 1/1967, Berlin

## MATERIAL

brass, Svarovsky and hand-cut Crystal, finish nickel



## TECHNICAL DATA











Height:

50 cm (19.69 inch)





Ø:

66 cm (25.98 inch)





Weight:

9 kg (4.09 lb)





Sockets:

13 x Edison screw sockets E12/E14 for incandescent or LED





Power:

25