Discusses the history of American glass manufacturing

Masterpieces of American Glass: The Corning Museum of Glass, The Toledo Museum of Art, Lillian Nassau Ltd.

Spillman, Jane Shadel

Crown

Cut and Engraved Glass of Corning, 1868-1940

Estelle S.

Peter Smith Pub Inc

GLASSMAKING WAS AMERICA'S FIRST INDUSTRY, BUT THE COLONIES HAD BEEN SETTLED OVER A HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE A SUCCESSFUL GLASS FACTORY WAS WELL-ESTABLISHED.

Glassmaking: America's First Industry

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Antiques & Collectibles

Corning Museum of Glass

Cut and Engraved Glass of Corning 1868-1940, paperback

Cut and Engraved Glass of Corning 1868-1940

Arts & Photography

Graphic Design

American and European Pressed Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass

The world saw eleven "major" world's fairs between 1851 and 1904. The glass exhibits of these eleven fairs were large, and in studying them it is possible to see a progression of styles. Each fair is a time capsule featuring what was most admired in a given year. The 19th-century art movements affecting glass culminated in the free-form glass of Art Nouveau and the rigidity of American brilliant-cut glass, two radically different styles both at the peak of popularity around 1900.Glass from World's Fairs surveys glass shown at all 11 major European and American World's Fairs-representing some of the most important technological advancements in glass-making history. Also included are illustrations of major glass exhibits and buildings at the fairs.

Glass from World's Fairs, 1851-1904

Glass from world's fairs, 1851-1904

By Jane Shadel Spillman Written as a supplement to The Corning Museum of Glass's major 2006 exhibition, "Glass of the Maharajahs," this colorful book traces the development of glass furnishings, especially pieces created for Eastern rulers at the turn of the 19th century. It explores a little-known era in glassmaking history, when European glass manufacturers tailored one-of-a-kind and limited-production glass furnishings to the tastes of the wealthy Indian elite. The comprehensive nature of this chronicle provides an excellent starting point for studying European cut glass furnishings made for Eastern royalty and allows interested parties to experience the full extent of this dazzling period in design history. 144 pages; Hardcover Published in 2006

European Glass Furnishings for Eastern Palaces

White House Glassware: Two Centuries of Presidential Entertaining [Paperback] Jane Shadel Spillman (Author)

White House Glassware: Two Centuries of Presidential Entertaining

White House Historical Assn

This authoritative book presents new information about the late nineteenth and early twentieth century cut glass industry in Corning, New York. The recent discovery of a mass of archival material relating to T.G. Hawkes and Company, including thousands of letters, has enabled the author to research business practices in the glass industry in more detail than ever before. Using this new information, together with her already considerable knowledge, Jane Shadel Spillman has produced the first book on American cut glass to go beyond the glass and examine the workings of the industry itself, including labour relations, sources of blanks, special orders for the White House, Hawkes' representation at the Paris world's fair in 1889, and communication between the cut glass industry and silver manufacturers such as Gorham and Tiffany. Competition and cooperation between the glass cutting firms are also highlighted, and considerable attention is paid to other companies, such as J. Hoare, H.P. Sinclaire, and

American Cut Glass Industry: T. G. Hawkes and His Competitors

History

Antique Collectors Club/Corning Museum of Glass

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