The Fellows of The Corning Museum of Glass are among the world’s leading glass collectors, scholars, dealers, and glassmakers. One of the objectives of this organization is to support the acquisitions program of the Museum’s Rakow Research Library. This drawing, … Read more →
Today’s post is from Museum Explainer Meredith Rector. Sometimes even computers need help. This is something that I have learned in the past few weeks volunteering at the Rakow Research Library. I work as a Museum Explainer, but when I … Read more →
Non è dubio alcuno, che il vetro è vno de i very frutti dell’Arte del fuoco. “Without a doubt, glass is a true fruit of the art of fire,” says the opening letter to Antionio Neri’s L’Arte Vetraria (The Art … Read more →
This watercolor drawing is a design for an enamel-on-copper vase decorated with poppies. The floral decoration, of course, is typical of Tiffany’s nature-based designs. In 1898, Tiffany set up a small enamel department in Corona, Queens, New York. The staff … Read more →