Art Glass

Art Glass is ornamental and decorative glass dating from the mid-to-late 19th century through the early 20th century. Makers of Art Glass employed newly developed technologies for producing vibrant colors and surface textures. This is most famously seen in the iridescent surfaces of Louis Comfort Tiffany and his contemporaries, although Art Glass took many shapes and forms.

Art Glass is ornamental and decorative glass dating from the mid-to-late 19th century through the early 20th century. Makers of Art Glass employed newly developed technologies for producing vibrant colors and surface textures. This is most famously seen in the iridescent surfaces of Louis Comfort Tiffany and his contemporaries, although Art Glass took many shapes and forms.

This chandelier came from a house at 67 East Kirby Street, Detroit, now the Hellenic Museum of Michigan. The Flemish Renaissance house was designed by architect John Scott and commissioned by Emory Leyden Ford. Unrelated to the Dearborn Fords, Emory Ford made his fortune in the chemical and cement business. Married in 1905, he built this house in 1906. By 1912 he relocated to Grosse Pointe.

Art Glass is ornamental and decorative glass dating from the mid-to-late 19th century through the early 20th century. Makers of Art Glass employed newly developed technologies for producing vibrant colors and surface textures. This is most famously seen in the iridescent surfaces of Louis Comfort Tiffany and his contemporaries, although Art Glass took many shapes and forms.

Glassmaker Emil Larsen came to Durand Art Glass with experience from Tiffany Studios and Quezal Art Glass. In fact, Larson first produced "Peacock Feather" patterned goblets at Quezal. At Durand, these goblets were produced in blue, green and in this case, ruby. During the late 1920s, Peacock Feather glassware became synonymous with glass made by Durand Art Glass.

Rene Lalique created some of the most striking automobile mascots or hood ornaments. Lalique's elegant, molded-glass models enhanced the front of any luxury vehicle. The mascots could also be lit from below making them all the more impressive. These decorative mascots became a symbol of the car owner's wealth, status, and good taste.

Art Glass is ornamental and decorative glass dating from the mid-to-late 19th century through the early 20th century. Makers of Art Glass employed newly developed technologies for producing vibrant colors and surface textures. This is most famously seen in the iridescent surfaces of Louis Comfort Tiffany and his contemporaries, although Art Glass took many shapes and forms.

Art Glass is ornamental and decorative glass dating from the mid-to-late 19th century through the early 20th century. Makers of Art Glass employed newly developed technologies for producing vibrant colors and surface textures. This is most famously seen in the iridescent surfaces of Louis Comfort Tiffany and his contemporaries, although Art Glass took many shapes and forms.

Art Glass is ornamental and decorative glass dating from the mid-to-late 19th century through the early 20th century. Makers of Art Glass employed newly developed technologies for producing vibrant colors and surface textures. This is most famously seen in the iridescent surfaces of Louis Comfort Tiffany and his contemporaries, although Art Glass took many shapes and forms.

Ralph Barber was a glassmaker for the Whitall Tatum Glass Company in Millville, New Jersey. In the 1880s he developed techniques for creating delicate floral paper weights. The most common were roses, but he also created tulips and lilies. This example represents the most elaborate of Barber's paper weights, featuring a series of fuchsia lily tendrils surrounded by white and green leaves.

When designer Clara Driscoll created this daffodil patterned lamp for Louis Comfort Tiffany she did not realize that it was the first of a series of floral electric lamps shades, which included Wisteria, Poppy and Laburnum. Driscoll was the leader of a group of female designers known as "The Tiffany Girls", all unmarried women who designed and fabricated decorative domestic wares from desk sets to jewelry.

Art Glass is ornamental and decorative glass dating from the mid-to-late 19th century through the early 20th century. Makers of Art Glass employed newly developed technologies for producing vibrant colors and surface textures. This is most famously seen in the iridescent surfaces of Louis Comfort Tiffany and his contemporaries, although Art Glass took many shapes and forms.

Art Glass is ornamental and decorative glass dating from the mid-to-late 19th century through the early 20th century. Makers of Art Glass employed newly developed technologies for producing vibrant colors and surface textures. This is most famously seen in the iridescent surfaces of Louis Comfort Tiffany and his contemporaries, although Art Glass took many shapes and forms.

Art Glass is ornamental and decorative glass dating from the mid-to-late 19th century through the early 20th century. Makers of Art Glass employed newly developed technologies for producing vibrant colors and surface textures. This is most famously seen in the iridescent surfaces of Louis Comfort Tiffany and his contemporaries, although Art Glass took many shapes and forms.

Aurene was the name that Frederick Carder used for his iridescent art glass at the Steuben Glass Works made in Corning, New York. The glass produces a prismatic effect when light reflects across the surface. This elegant, floral-shaped vase combines a cased white outer shell with a dark blue iridescent interior. Steuben made many varieties of colored Aurene glass until 1932, when it moved toward more modern shapes.