Dr. Gregory (Greg) Merkel, a research fellow in Corning Incorporated’s Crystalline Materials Research Department since 1981, has had a lifelong interest in the arts and natural sciences. Motivated by a quest for beauty and a strong intellectual curiosity, he has … Read more →
This is the story of a furnace, a vase, an international stage, and political injustice. So if you like historical intrigue—and who doesn’t—then keep reading. The current Rakow Library exhibition, Designing for a New Century: Works on Paper by Lalique … Read more →
Recently Diane Roberts Rousseau, a stained glass conservator from Western Massachusetts, came to treat our “Window with Hudson River Landscape” by Louis Comfort Tiffany (76.4.22). One of the panels had an old repair which had significantly yellowed over the years. … Read more →
Paul E. Doros is a renowned scholar on the life and work of Louis Comfort Tiffany. He was the first curator of glass at the Chrysler Museum of Art, located in Norfolk, Virginia, and authored the 1978 publication, The Tiffany … Read more →