Giada

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Object Name: 
Filigrana Incalmo Plate
Title: 
Giada
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Italy
Accession Number: 
88.3.25
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 2.8 cm, Diam: 19.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1986
Credit Line: 
Gift of Emanuel and Phyllis Lacher
Primary Description: 
Colorless, transparent amethyst, opaque red non-lead glasses; blown with filigrana decoration, joined while hot. Large circular platter with slightly upturned rim; wide undecorated amethyst band overlaps center disc of colorless with radiating spirals of opaque red filigrana; center of platter is slightly conical; no pontil; inscribed on outside edge in script: Tagliapietra/Angelin Effetre International Murano Italy 1986 25(?)/100.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Lacher, Emanuel, Former Collection
Lacher, Phyllis (Mrs. Emanuel), Source
1988-03-05
Category: 
Studio Glass
Color: 
Colorless, amethyst, red
colorless
amethyst
Technique: 
blown with filigrana decoration, joined while hot
Copyright: 
© Lino Tagliapietra

Exhibitions (1)

Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect: A Modern Renaissance in Italian Glass
Venue(s)
Museum of Glass 2008-02-23 through 2008-08-24

Publications (1)

The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1988 (1989) p. 7; BIB# AI96381