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Woman in a Pergola with Wisteria. Tiffany Studios, ca. 1910-1914. This is a stained glass portrait window triptych. The side panels are of wisteria draped pillars of mottled and fractured glass and various layers. Each is backed with a "frosted" sheet over all (not original). The middle panel features a portrait section with matching wisteria and a full-length standing portrait of a young woman clad in Near Eastern attire.
Joseph Raphael de Lamar commissioned the window for "Pembroke," his $15 million Glen Cove, Long Island estate. It was installed above the front entrance. The woman in the window was likely inspired by Lillian Nordica (1857-1914), an American opera singer who was a lifelong friend of Joseph De Lamar, to whom De Lamar proposed marriage on two separate occasions.
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-7.
Glass Art.
Object number 78.477.
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While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks at Night. Tiffany Studios New York, ca. 1910. Leaded glass with copper foil, stain, and enamel.
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-7.
Object number 78.652.
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Fire Screen, by John La Farge (1835-1910), ca. 1880-1885. Leaded opalescent glass with painted wood. Along with Louis Comfort Tiffany, he pioneered the use of opalescent glass in stained glass window manufacturing, revolutionizing the medium.
An early rival of Tiffany, the American painter and designer John La Farge used opalescent glass to create windows that looked unlike anything seen before. Here, he has used glass to decorate a fire screen that would have covered a fireplac when not in use. Each circle of the screen's glass is unique, its colors swimming beneath the surface in soft gradations and confetti-like chips.
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-5.
Object number 74.26.1.
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President Garfield Remembrance Plate. Adams & Company, 1881.
Plate of clear pressed glass design. Floral and leaf swag design border. Bottom portrait bust of James A. Garfield surrounded by "Shot, July 2, 1881 Died, Sept. 19, 1881 Born, Nov. 19, 1831" and outer band "We Mourn Our Nation's Loss".
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-3, Case 20.
Object number 78.358.
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Ruby Overlay Compote. New England Glass Company, ca. 1855. Compote of blown glass, overlay of ruby over clear. Scalloped rim with punty cuts, then a bank of flutes and finally a band of punties.
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-3, Case 26.
Object number 52.18.43.
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Deckelpokal (Covered Goblet). Late 19th century Germany, Bohemia, or Austria, mould-blown glass, enamel, and gold paint. This tall, covered goblet (in German: pokal = goblet; deckel = cover) is mould-blown from pale ruby-red glass and features hand-painted floral decoration in enamel on its exterior surface.
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-3.
Object number 2019.18.
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"Electric Blue" Compote. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co., 1845-1855. Compote of pressed lacy electric blue glass.
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-3, Case 23.
Object number 86.394.
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The Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco is using the old Bank of America branch at the BofA Building as an art gallery. This was the vault in the basement for safe deposit boxes.
Hokkaido University Botanic Garden Museum, Ezo Brown Bear, Ursus arctos lasiotus
Hokkaido University Botanic Garden Museum, Ezo Wolf, Canis lupus hattai
