2 Glass Window Blinds

Object Name: 
2 Glass Window Blinds

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Object Name: 
2 Glass Window Blinds
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, possibly Brooklyn
United States, NY, possibly Corning
Accession Number: 
69.4.271
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 92 cm, W: 82.5 cm; Each Panel L: 92 cm, W: 21.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1866-1870
Web Description: 
Elias B. Hungerford (American, 1825–1887) received a patent for these glass window blinds in 1866. They were designed, he said, “to give the light which enters the room any desired tint to correspond with the color of wallpaper, carpet or furniture, thus giving a most pleasing and harmonizing appearance.” The blinds were not a commercial success, and only a few sets survive. This set came from Hungerford’s house in Corning.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Swain, Mrs. Frank, Source
1970-01-12
Category: 
Crystal City
Color: 
amber
green
Technique: 
pressing
Material: 
wood
glass

Description

Primary Description: 
Green, amber non-lead glasses; pressed glass slats, hand-made wooden frame. Each slat is an elongated rectangle of green or yellow glass with a glass rod in the center as an integral part; the ends of the rod fit into holes in the rectangular wooden frame. Two shutters, each hinged in the middle, come together to cover a window. Each shutter has two sections of amber slats and two of green.

Publications (5)

Connections & innovation: from Brooklyn to Corning: 150 Years of Glassmaking in Corning, New York, 1868-2018 (2018) illustrated, p. 5 (center);
Escort Guide to the Galleries (2013) illustrated, p. 33; BIB# 134015
Escort Guide to the Galleries [V4/2013] (2013) illustrated, p. 33; BIB# 134856
Glass Window Blinds (adult) (2011)BIB# 134373
The Corning Museum of Glass, A Guide to the Collections (2001) (2001) illustrated, p. 122; BIB# 68214

Multimedia (1)

Glass Window Blinds
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