1996.143.2, American Prestige wine glass, 1938, Designer: Edwin W. Fuerst, Maker: Libbey Glass Company, glass with cut and pressed decoration
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In its catalogue Libbey claimed that through this glass, "The designer tells a story of craftsmanship-a bubble of glass becomes the bowl, a block of crystal the stem, while two small terraced rings in the foot indicate the rolling motion of a footsetter's tool." This florid description of h
1996.143.1, American Prestige goblet, 1938, Designer: Edwin W. Fuerst, Maker: Libbey Glass Company, glass with cut and pressed decoration
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In its catalogue Libbey claimed that through this glass, "The designer tells a story of craftsmanship-a bubble of glass becomes the bowl, a block of crystal the stem, while two small terraced rings in the foot indicate the rolling motion of a footsetter's tool." This florid description of h
1985.R.374, Picture Frame, France, c. 1700
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This frame is among the finest 18th-century frames in the Reves collection at the DMA. Although it has lost a small portion of the cartouche at the bottom center (which would have looked like those on the left and right sides), it is otherwise in a fine state, having never been adapted to fit another work of art, and having never been regilded or resurfaced to play a role in an updated interior.
1985.R.363, Frame, French, c. 1740
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Authoritative late Baroque basal scrolls combine with Rococo leafed and bossed shells, frilled C-scrolls, leaf-ribbed S-scrolls and flowers in a particularly rich setting for a small Louis XV oil painting.
1985.R.360, Picture Frame, France, c. 1660-1710
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This small frame was probably carved in Paris sometime during the last years of the 17th century or the early 18th century. The proportions of the opening and the fact that the frame has no cartouches on the smaller sides suggest that it was made for a horizontal painting, perhaps a landscape.
Ancient Gold Jewelry: The Spread of Imagery
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The following is an excerpt from the 1996 publication, Ancient Gold Jewelry at the Dallas Museum of Art.
C. Dorflinger & Sons (1881-1921)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
A native of Alsace, Christian Dorflinger (1828-1915) trained as a glass-maker in France and emigrated to the United States in 1846. In 1852, he acquired the Long Island Flint Glass Works in Brooklyn, New York and by 1860 two others (including Greenpoint Glass Works), all of which made flint glass.