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Primary Description:
Transparent amber, dark blue non-lead glasses, bronze and ormolu, iron, wood; blown, cast and cut. Octagonal top supported by 8 arched bronze leaves and a flared cylindrical glass pedestal; square glass base supported by four ormolu lion-paw feet.
Exhibitions (2)

Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2006-05-19 through 2006-11-30
Changing Exhibitions Gallery

The Art of Glass: Masterpieces from The Corning Museum of Glass
Venue(s)
IBM Gallery 1989-12-12 through 1990-02-02
National Gallery of Art 1990-12-09 through 1991-04-14
Decorative and utilitarian works from the Corning Museum of Glass, surveying 35 centuries of glass-making technology and stylistic developments from ancient Egyptian, Roman, Islamic, and Asian cultures to contemporary American and European examples.
The works were selected by Corning Museum staff members Dwight P. Lanmon, director and curator of European glass; David B. Whitehouse, curator of ancient and Islamic glass; Jane Shadel Spillman, curator of American glass; and Susanne K. Frantz, curator of 20th-century glass.
Publications (39)
Donor Profile: Dwight and Lorri Lanmon (2019)
illustrated, p. 25;
BIB# 716258
Optical Play: glass, vision and spectacle in Russian culture (2014)
illustrated, p. 99;
The Ultimate Luxury (2005)
illustrated, pp. 142-145, esp. p. 142;
The Corning Museum of Glass, A Guide to the Collections (2001) (2001)
illustrated, p. 88;
BIB# 68214
Five Thousand Years of Glass (British Museum Press, Revised) (1999)
illustrated, p. 190, #244;
BIB# 65713
History of Glass Crafts (1990-07)
p. 54;
Glasskolan 4: Glas at Folket (1990-04)
p. 54;
The Art of Glass: Masterpieces from the Corning Museum of Glass (1990-01-19)
illustrated, pp. 24 (center right), 62;
BIB# AI23824
The Art of Glass: Masterpieces from the Corning Museum (1990-01)
illustrated, p. 24 (bottom right);
BIB# AI24626
Masterpieces of Glass and American Decorative Arts in New York City (1990-01)
illustrated, p. 20, 22, ill.;
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History From The Corning Museum of Glass (1990)
illustrated, pp. 178-179, pl. 81;
BIB# 33819
The Art of Glass: Masterpieces from the Corning Museum, a self-guided tour for children ages 6-10 and their parents (1990)
illustrated, #81;
BIB# 34085
The Russian Love Affair with Glass (1988-08)
illustrated, p. 260;
Russian Furniture : The Golden Age, 1780-1840 (1988)
illustrated, p. 164-165, ill. p. 165;
BIB# 24658
Masterpieces from the Corning Museum of Glass: 24 Ready-to-Mail Full-Color Postcards (1984)
illustrated, p. 3 (top right);
BIB# 34354
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History from The Corning Museum of Glass (1980)
pp. 178-179, pl. 81;
BIB# 20953
Multimedia (1)

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