All About Glass

All About Glass

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50 years on 5th: a retrospective exhibition of Steuben glass.
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Steuben Glass (Firm) Gill, Brendan, 1914- 31078 Fifty years on fifth: a retrospective exhibition of Steuben glass. New York: Steuben Glass, 1984. [32] p.: ill.; 28 cm. NK5112.9.S7 Exhibition October 1984. Text by Brendan Gill. A copy of this item was received with the Steuben collection. Digitized

Clearcut illuminating glassware: a reflector for every service / Holophane Glass Company.
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Holophane Glass Company, Cleveland, OH, USA, manufacturer. General Electric Company. 30685 78 pages: illustrations; 20 x 28 cm Holophane Glass Company Index, p. 76-78. "Holophane Works of General Electric Co., Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A."--Embossed on cover. Laid in: Clearcut price list for

Catalogue des produits de l'industrie Belge admis à l'exposition de 1847.
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31447 Bruxelles: D'Ad. Wahlen, 1847. 2. éd. 250 p.; 21 cm. T465 1847 Cover says 1. ed., 1847; t-p. says 2.ed., 1847. Includes index. Digitized by Boston Photo Imaging in May 2011. Includes glassware and stained glass. Special CorningDB F732A951-335E-4353-AED5-9C2EDACD7888.pdf Exposition de

A selected collection of objects from the International Exposition of Modern decorative and industrial art at Paris 1925 / organized and exhibited by the American Association of Museums.
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American Association of Museums. 31032 [s.l.]: [Amer. Assoc. of Museums?], [1926?] 44 p.; 19 cm. T805 From the collection of Frederick Carder. Digitized by Boston Photo Imaging in May 2011. Includes glass by Daum Frères, Decorchemont, Goupy, Lalique, Lobmeyr, Marinot, Orrefors, A. Walter. Special

Annual report- The Corning Museum of Glass.
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Corning Museum of Glass. 0147-488X 28440 Corning Museum of Glass annual report Corning, N.Y.: Corning Museum of Glass. v.: ill.; 28 cm. 1976- NK5102.C8 Also available online. Library has 1976-to date. Reports for 1951-1975 were compiled, but not published. Periodical CorningDB CAB7997A-11A5-4740

État actuel de l'industrie française, ou coup d'oeil sur l'exposition de ses produits, dans les salles du Louvre, en 1819. / Par E. Jouy.
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Jouy, E. 28673 Paris: Chez l'Huillier, 1821. 221 p.; 23 cm. T799 1819 Digitized by Boston Photo Imaging in May 2011. Glass: chapters 12, 17, 18. Special CorningDB 3DF54CF9-948F-475F-80D9-0396CE69070D.pdf Exposition des produits de l'industrie française (1819: Paris, France) Manufactures

Moderne Entwürfe für Kunstverglasung und Glasmalerei.
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28301 Berlin: Fritz Toussaint, [ca.1914] 25 leaves of col. plates; 37 cm. NK5399 Issued in portfolio. Color is added by hand. Digitized by Boston Photo Imaging in July 2010. Title page has been changed from a printed "18" to a handwritten "25" farbige Tafeln. CageO CorningDB

Reminiscences of glass-making / By Deming Jarves.
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Jarves, Deming, 1790-1869. 28631 New York, Hurd and Houghton, 1865. 2d ed., enl. iv, 116 p. fold. pl. 20 cm. TP849 f-530, 3 sheets; hard copy in library TP849.J38.1865*. A digital copy of this book was made by/for Joseph Imler from the book in the Getty Center Library. CMGL has a copy of the

[Sales brochure] / Grierson & Co., manufacturers, no. 43 Market St., Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Grierson & Co., Pittsburgh, PA, USA. 29248 Pittsburgh, Pa.: Grierson & Co., [ca.1875] (Pittsburgh: Otto Krebs, lith.) 1 sheet (2 p.): entirely ill.; 31 cm. (folded) Tableware: Grierson & Co., Pittsburgh, PA, USA. (F-5205T) Trade catalog. New York pattern: p.2. Clearwater T309. Glassware

Artisan reports on the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1878 / The Society of Arts.
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Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) 28824 London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1879. ix, 664 p.; 22 cm. T802 Digitized by Boston Photo Imaging in May 2011. Includes: Table and fancy glass, by Joseph Leicester: p.109-156; Stained and painted glass, by Francis Kirchoff: p.157-164.

A primer of glass design.
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Steuben Glass (Firm) 28588 New York: Steuben Glass, [1946?] [24] p.: ill.; 20 cm. NK5104 Some covers have a gray box with the title in white letters, while others have an uncolored box with gray letters. Some copies issued with a department store's name on the last page (Gump's, Marshall

[Catalogue of blanks] / Union Glass Company.
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Union Glass Company, Somerville, MA, USA, manufacturer. 29144 Union Glass Company, Somerville, Mass., manufacturers of hand made blanks Somerville, Mass.: Union Glass Company, [191-] 256 numbered plates: entirely illustrated; 28 x 40 cm Cut glass: Union Glass Co., Somerville, MA, USA (F-279C)

Reports of the United States commissioners to the Universal exposition of 1889 at Paris / Pub. under direction of the secretary of state by authority of Congress...
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United States. Commission to the Paris Exposition (1889) 28732 Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1891. 5 v.: ill.; 25 cm. T803 Added t.p.: The executive documents of the House of representatives for the first session of the Fifty-first Congress. 1899-'90. v. 38-[42] Washington, 1893. Gift; Mrs.

The Corning flood: museum under water / the Corning Museum of Glass; [editor, John H. Martin, associate editor, Charleen K. Edwards].
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Corning Museum of Glass. Martin, John H., 1922-2007. Edwards, Charleen K., 1927- Fischer, David J. 0872900630 28535 Corning, N.Y.: The Museum, c1977. 60, xi p.: ill.; 28 cm. GB1227.S7 Chapter V and VI by David J. Fischer. Bibliography: p. xi. Appendix I, II, and III scanned February 2012 and

Irish glass; an account of glass-making in Ireland from the XVIth century to the present day, by M. S. Dudley Westropp... Illustrated with reproductions of 188 typical pieces of Irish glass and 220 patterns and designs.
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Westropp, M. S. Dudley (Michael Seymour Dudley), 1868-1954. 27510 London, Herbert Jenkins ltd. [1920] xvii, 19-206 p. illus., XL pl. (incl. front., port., facsims.) 29 cm. NK5146 f-1301, 6 sheets. Hard copy in library NK5146.W53. A digital copy of this book was made by/for Joseph Imler from the

Catalogue officiel illustré de l'exposition retrospective de l'art franc̜ais des origines à 1800.
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Exposition universelle internationale de 1900 (Paris, France) 29194 Paris, Imprimeries Lemercier et cie, [1900] 4 p. β., 311, [1] p. incl. front (plan): chiefly ill.; 23 cm. T804 At head of title: Exposition universelle de 1900. Digitized by Boston Photo Imaging in May 2011. Special CorningDB

American beauty / Libbey Glass Company. Compiled and designed by MacManus-Kelly Co.
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Libbey Glass Company, Toledo, OH, USA, manufacturer. 28258 approximately 35 unnumbered pages: illustrations; 23 cm Cut glass: Libbey Glass Co., Toledo, OH, USA (F-1877C) Catalog compiled and designed by MacManus-Kelly Company, Toledo, OH. Contents may be difficult to read due to condition of

The methods of glass blowing, and of working silica in the oxy-gas flame: for the use of chemical and physical students / by W.A. Shenstone.
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Shenstone, W. A. (William Ashwell), 1850-1908. 25646 London: Longmans, Green and co., 1902. 5th ed. viii, 98 p.: ill.; 17 cm. TP859.2 f-4157, 2 sheets. A digital copy of this book was made by/for Joseph Imler from the book in the Library of the University of California. CMGL has a copy of the

Écrits pour l'art: floriculture, art décoratif, notices d'exposition (1844-1889)
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Gallé, Emile, 1846-1904, author, artist. Exposition universelle de 1889 (Paris, France) 28062 Paris: Librairie Renouard, H. Laurens, 1908 [c1907] 382 p.: port.; 19 cm. R-57 "Liste de publications d'Émile Gallé": p. [373]-382. C. 2 digitized by Boston Photo Imaging in May 2011. c.1

Curiosities of glass making: with details of the processes and productions of ancient and modern ornamental glass manufacture / By Apsley Pellatt.
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Pellatt, Apsley, 1791-1863. 28365 London: David Bogue, 1849. viii, 146 p., 6 leaves of col. plates: ill.; 22 cm. TP857 Copy 2 from the collection of Frederick Carder. C. 2 digitized by Boston Photo Imaging in September 2009. c. 3 conserved; preservation box 20161000 Caitlin Moore of Black Finch

Musée du luminaire à l'Exposition Universelle de 1900 / par Henry-René d'Allemagne.
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Allemagne, Henry René d', 1863-1950. 28619 Historie du luminaire Paris: J. Schemit, 1900. 88 p., 22 β. of plates (2 col.): ill.; 33 cm. NK6196 Digitized by Boston Photo Imaging in May 2012. Cage CorningDB B1360933-155D-47F0-B44D-C9B4E23C52FF.pdf Exposition universelle internationale de 1900

Laboratory manual of glass blowing / by Francis C. Frary.
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Frary, Francis C. (Francis Cowles), b. 1884. 28122 New York [etc.] McGraw-Hill book company, inc., 1914. vii, 60 p. illus. 19 1/2 cm. TP859.2 A digital copy of this book was made by/for Joseph Imler from the book in the University of California Library. CMGL has a copy of the digital file on CD-ROM

Le vitrail, à l'Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs, Paris, 1925, présénte par Jacques Gruber.
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Gruber, Jacques, 1871-1936. 28599 Paris,: C.Moreau, [c1926] 2 β., 42 plates (some col.); 34 cm. NK5349 In portfolio. C. 2 and c. 1 plates 1, 3, 9-10, 19, 29, 31, 34 digitized by Boston Photo Imaging April 2013. Plate 26 sent to photography for inclusion in JOGS article in April 2014 (photography no

Brandenburgische Gläser, hrsg. im auftrage des Königlichen Kunstgewerbemuseums in Berlin, mit Unterstützung der Orlopstiftung, von Robert Schmidt; mit 40 lichtdrucktafeln.
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Schmidt, Robert, 1878-1952. Kunstgewerbe-Museum (Berlin, Germany) 27884 Berlin, Verlag für Kunstwissenschaft, 1914. 154 p. illus., 40 pl. 38 cm. NK5150 "Das vorliegende werk gelangt in 250 numerierten exemplaren zur ausgabe... exemplar nr. 62." Digitized by Boston Photo Imaging in July

Elements of glass and glass making. A treatise designed for the practical glassmaker, comprising facts, figures, recipes and formulas for the manufacture of glass- plain and colored. Including an appendix containing useful information pertaining to the subject. By Benjamin F. Biser. Chemically rev. by J.A. Koch...
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Biser, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1868-1928. Koch, J. A. (Julius Arnold), b. 1864. 27872 Pittsburgh, Pa., Glass and Pottery Publishing Company [c1899] 3 p.β., 174 p. 25 cm. TP857.12 Batch book. Appendix contains notes on silvering of glass, glass to metal mounting and inks for glass. f-1539,

Exhibition Paris 1900: a practical guide containing information... a rapid & easy method of seeing everything in a limited time and at a moderate cost.
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28660 Anglo-American guide to exhibition 1900 Paris London: William Heinemann, 1900. xxiv,432, lxxii p.: ill., fold. map; 19 cm. T804 Cover title: The Anglo-American guide to Exhibition 1900 Paris. Digitized by Boston Photo Imaging in May 2011. Glass: p. 335; Ponsin's Palace of Light: p. 360

The methods of glass-blowing and of working silica in the oxy-gas flame, for the use of chemical and physical students, by W. A. Shenstone.
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Shenstone, W. A. (William Ashwell), 1850-1908. 25648 London, Longmans, Green, and co., 1916. 9th impression. viii, 98 p. illus., diagrs. 18 cm. TP859.2 For fiche, use f-4157, that of 5. ed., 1902. A digital copy of this book was made by/for Joseph Imler from the book in the Library of the

Recent advances in conservation: contributions to the IIC Rome Conference, 1961 / edited by G[erry] Thomson.
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International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. Congress (1961: Rome) Thomson, Garry. 25734 Rome Conference London: Butterworths, 1963. xv, 224 p.: ill., 2 col. pl.; 29 cm. N8555 English or French. Includes bibliographies. P. 145-151: Reference list A: Glass studies, in:

Prices of glassware / manufactured by M'Kee & Brothers, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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McKee & Brothers, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. 28856 Pittsburgh: M'Kee & Brothers, April 1st, 1868. (W.S. Haven) 16, 32 p.: ill.; 20 cm. Tableware: M'Kee & Brothers, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. (F-69T) Cover title. "M'Kee & Brothers"--company name as printed on catalog.

Report on the manufacture of glass, by Jos. D. Weeks, special agent.
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United States. Census Office. 10th census, 1880. Weeks, Joseph D. (Joseph Dame), 1840-1896. 27954 Washington, Govt. print. off., 1884. x, 114, 1153-1198 p. illus. 30 cm. HA202 Probably extracted from "Volume on Manufactures". f-3407, 3 sheets. Hard copy in library HA202.U55.1880m. A

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