Decorative glass, which may or may not have a function, but which is essentially individually hand-blown, often as one-off or limited edition pieces. Sometimes referred to as Studio glass
The broad and tolerant term which embraces a vast assortment of glass technique and colors, made from about 1880 to as late a period as the early 1930's.
A general term for late 19th and early 20thC glasswork produced principally for decorative effect, and including AGATE, ALEXANDRITE and TORTOISESHELL GLASS.
a style of glass that relies on color, texture, and form for its visual appeal.
An umbrella term that refers to all types of decorative glasswares but most specifically to the expensive, specially patented lines produced during the late 19th century. Notable types of Art Glass include Amberina, Burmese, and Peach Blow, among many others.
Most common type of glass used to carve Zuni fetishes. (See Gold Slag) (6)
(1) Several types of glass with newly developed surface textures, shaded colors, or casing, made in the United States from about 1870 and in Europe between about 1880 and 1900; (2) more generally, any ornamental glassware made since the mid-19th century.
Glass characterized by experimentation with various materials to produce artistic effects. It was most commercially popular in the United States from the 1880s to 1920s.
Colored or ornamental glass used in decorative windows.
any form of decorative glass including beveled, leaded, etched, cut, stained, blown
A mass-produced style of commercially produced windows. Designs tend to be ornamental objects set upon varying geometrically broken backgrounds.
Glass made for aesthetic purposes.
Decorative glass - includes stained, beveled, fused, blown, etched, leaded and cut.
Art glass normally means the modern art glass movement in which individual artists working alone or with a few assistants to create works from molten glass in relatively small furnaces of a few hundred pounds of glass. It began in the early 1960s and showed continued growth through the end of the century. The glass objects created are not primarily utilitarian but are intended to make a sculptural or decorative statement.