- Favrile Glass
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/feuhv reel"/, Trademark.a brand of iridescent art glass, introduced by L. C. Tiffany c1890 and used by him for blown vases, flower holders, etc.
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Favrile Glass — brand of iridescent glass developed by L. C. Tiffany and used in vases and other decorative items … English contemporary dictionary
Favrile Glass — /feuhv reel /, Trademark. a brand of iridescent art glass, introduced by L. C. Tiffany c1890 and used by him for blown vases, flower holders, etc … Useful english dictionary
Favrile iridescent glass — is a type of art glass patented in 1894 by Louis Comfort Tiffany. The iridescent effect of the glass was obtained by mixing different colors of glass together while hot. The trade name Favrile was derived from an Old English word, fabrile ,… … Wikipedia
glass — glassless, adj. glasslike, adj. /glas, glahs/, n. 1. a hard, brittle, noncrystalline, more or less transparent substance produced by fusion, usually consisting of mutually dissolved silica and silicates that also contain soda and lime, as in the… … Universalium
Glass — /glas, glahs/, n. 1. Carter, 1858 1946, U.S. statesman. 2. Philip, born 1937, U.S. composer. * * * I Solid material, typically a mix of inorganic compounds, usually transparent or translucent, hard, brittle, and impervious to the natural elements … Universalium
Glass — This article is about the material. For other uses, see Glass (disambiguation). Moldavite, a natural glass formed by meteorite impact, from Besednice, Bohemia … Wikipedia
favrile — noun An iridescent glass developed by … Wiktionary
Tiffany glass — Girl with Cherry Blossoms illustrates many types of glass employed by Tiffany including elaborate polychrome painting of the face, drapery glass for the dress, opalescent glass for the blossoms, streaky glass in the border, fracture streamer… … Wikipedia
lustred glass — or lustered glass Art glass of the Art Nouveau style, delicately iridescent with rich colours, mimicking the iridescent sheen produced by the corrosion of ancient buried glassware. In 1893 Louis Comfort Tiffany founded the Stourbridge Glass Co.… … Universalium
Tiffany glass. — See Favrile glass. [named after L. C. TIFFANY] * * * … Universalium