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Stained glass
The term stained glass refers either to the material of coloured glass or to the art and craft of working with it.
As a material the term generally refers to glass that has been coloured by adding metallic salts during its manufacture. Painted details and yellow stain are often used to enhance the design. The […]
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Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows
The Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows is a permanent exhibition which opened in February 2000 at Chicago’s Navy Pier entertainment complex. It is the first American museum dedicated solely to the art of stained glass windows.
Named after prominent Chicago collectors E.B. and Maureen Smith, the museum holds over 150 individual pieces displayed in […]
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Rose window
Most commonly, and especially in Gothic architecture, a rose window is a circular stained glass window, with mullions and traceries that generally radiate from the centre. In churches and cathedrals its use sometimes alludes to the Virgin Mary, who is called the Mystical Rose; and occasionally to elaborate forms based on the rose. However, […]
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Pressed glass
Pressed glass is a form of glass made using a plunger to press molten glass into mold. It was first patented by American inventor John P. Bakewell in 1825 to make knobs for furniture.
The technique was developed in the United States from the 1820s and in Europe, particularly France, Bohemia, and Sweden from the […]
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Powder glass beads
The earliest powder glass beads on record were discovered during archaeological excavations at Mapungubwe, in present-day Zimbabwe, and dated to 970-1000 CE. In our time, the main area of powder glass bead manufacture is West Africa, most importantly, Ghana. The origins of beadmaking in Ghana are unknown, but the great majority of powder glass […]
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Pilchuck Glass School
Pilchuck Glass School is widely recognized as the world’s premier glass school. Pilchuck was founded in 1971 by Dale Chihuly and modeled after the prestigious Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. Chihuly, who used Pilchuck as a base for many years, is considered the father of the studio glass movement in the United States and […]
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Orrefors Glasbruk
Orrefors Glasbruk is glasswork from the Swedish town of Orrefors. The house was founded in 1898 and originally made window glass and practical objects such as jam jars. However the company changed ownership in 1913, and by 1916 attempted to take their work into a more artistic direction. Two Swedish painters, Simon Gate and […]
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Opaline glass
Opaline glass is a decorative style of glass made in France from 1800 to the 1890s, though it reached its peak of popularity during the reign of Napoleon III in the 1850s and 1860s. The glass is opaque or slightly translucent, and can appear either white or brightly colored in shades of green, blue, […]
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National School of Glass
The National School of Glass in Orrefors (Swedish: Riksglasskolan) is an educational center focused on glass arts, design and entrepreneurship in the field of glass. It is located next to the world renowned Orrefors Glassworks in the village with the same name, at the center of what is known as the Kingdom of Crystal […]
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Millefiori
Millefiori is a glasswork technique which produces distinctive decorative patterns on glassware.
The term millefiori is a combination of the Italian words “mille” (thousand) and “fiori” (flowers). A. Pellatt (in his book “Curiosities of Glass Making”) was the first to use the term “millefiori”, which did not appear in the Oxford Dictionary until 1849. The […]
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