Classic Revival Window Pane
Manufacturer
Unknown
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1835-1840
MediumPressed glass
DimensionsOverall: 6 7/8 x 4 15/16 in. (17.5 x 12.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number86.188
Not on view
DescriptionWindow pane of pressed colorless lacy glass. Rectangular shape with a geometric design of corner fans with a central diamond outlined by bull's eyes. Inside diamond-a bull's eye surrounded by an oval rope and four fleur-de-lis like palmettes. Panes in this design were found in doorway between parlor and dining room of "Picnic", the Schenley mansion in Pittsburgh. Roughage on edges, heavy roughage and flakes on flashings around edge of design. Flakes on bull's eye.Published ReferencesOliver Auction CATALOG, 1986, Innes Catalog #394, Lot #367, one of three panes. James H. Rose, "Lacy Glass Window Panes," ANTIQUES, Feb. 1947, pp. 120-121, fig. 3. Innes, PITTSBURGH GLASS, 1797-1891, fig. 303, pg. 283-284. Gary E. Baker, "Lacy Window Panes," THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM BULLETIN, 7/8 (July/Aug. 1986), pg. 4, ill. Spillman, AMERICAN & EUROPEAN PRESSED GLASS, fig. 108.
Union Glass Co.
