All About Glass

This is your resource for exploring various topics in glass: delve deeper with this collection of articles, multimedia, and virtual books all about glass. Content is frequently added to the area, so check back for new items. If you have a topic you'd like to see covered, send us your suggestion. If you have a specific question, Ask a Glass Question at our Rakow Research Library.

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Tiffany Treasures (Podcast)

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Learn more about Louis Comfort Tiffany and his work. In this podcast, Bill Gudenrath, the Museum's resident adviser to The Studio and a glass historian, interviews curator of American glass, Jane Shadel Spillman, and librarian at the Museum's Rakow Research Library, Diane Dolbashian. Both

Glass of the Alchemists: Introduction

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In their well-known attempts to make gold, alchemists also provided the foundation for modern chemistry and material sciences. This exhibition explores Northern European glass of the Baroque period and examines the technical advances in glassmaking made by alchemists during that time. Their work

Mt. Washington and Pairpoint: Cut Rose Globe

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Lalique Perfume Bottle for Coty

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801 René Lalique’s decision to focus on glass was influenced by a large commission he was offered by the well-known French perfume-maker François Coty. Coty asked Lalique to design special perfume bottles for his fragrances, which had become famous worldwide.

Botanical Wonders: Glass Flowers

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Botanical Wonders: Flameworking Then and Now

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Botanical Wonders: Preserving Glass Flowers

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Botanical Wonders: In Your Garden

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Botanical Wonders: How the Glass Flowers Come to Harvard

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Botanical Wonders: Harvard's Dilemma

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Botanical Wonders: Fruit Diseases

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Botanical Wonders: Drawing from Nature

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Botanical Wonders: Before the Glass Flowers

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Botanical Wonders: Rudolf Blaschka's Studio

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Botanical Wonders: Introduction

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Medieval Glass: Alchemy

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Voices of Contemporary Glass: William Morris

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