GlassReino Leifkes This is an introduction to the history of glass, based on the V&A Museum's collection, providing comprehensive coverage, documentary pieces and famous masterpieces. |
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INTRODUCTION R L V T B | 7 |
The Revival of the Glass Industry | 14 |
Roman Decorative Processes | 20 |
Copyright | |
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18th century Akhenaten art glass artists beaker became blown Bohemia bottles bowls Britain bubble canes centre century BC chandeliers coloured glass colourless glass contemporary core-formed cristallo crystal cups cut glass decanters developed diamond-point engraved drinking glasses early Egypt eighteenth century Emile Gallé enamel painting England English Europe Exhibition export flasks France Frederick Carder furnace fused Germany gilt glass engraver glass industry glass vessels glass-blowers glass-makers glasshouses glassware glassworks goblet important Islamic Italy Italy Venice lamp late lead crystal lead glass London luxury glass manufacture Marinot materials metal millefiori molten glass mosaic glass mould mould-blown mould-pressed Murano Museum Netherlands nineteenth century Nuutajärvi opaque ornamental Orrefors painted pâte-de-verre patterns period pieces popular porcelain press-moulded produced prunts ribs roemers Roman seventeenth century shapes stem Stourbridge surface survived Syria table glass tableware tazza technique trade vase designed Venetian glass Venetian style Venice Verzelini wares wheel-cut wheel-engraved wine