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Invaluable for the collector, curator, and dealer alike, The Complete Cut & Engraved Glass of Corning bring to the field of glass collecting a rich storehouse of detailed information from unpublished original catalog material in the Corning archives, including log-lost pattern identification.
Cut glass has been traced back to ancient Egypt, adn engraved glass was known in classical Rome. For over thirty centuries, the elegance and utility of glass has been recognized and admired. In this guide, the author traces the history of the manufacture of cut glassware in America, describing the products of major and minor manufacturers. He follows the development from the early days of imitative work through its high point in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to its decline in the twenties and thirties.
"In this detailed narrative of the business Tuthill founded, the patterns he created, the techniques he used, and the other artisans and consumers he knew, Maurice Crofford has written the story of an earlier, more elegant and leisurely era. For those knowledgeable about cut glass, the development of the forms will be instructive; for others, who simply appreciate the beauty of the glass, the numerous black and white photographs will appeal. Beyond both of those dimensions, however, Crofford provides a fascinating insight into the ways industrialization and mass production and, more especially, the automobile, changed forever the ways upper-class Americans lived, entertained, and displayed their good fortune. In Tuthill's career, moreover, Crofford finds an example of American ingenuity and creative genius in responding to changing times."--BOOK JACKET.