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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Paperweight
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Paperweight

Artist Dominick Labino (American, 1910 - 1987)
CultureAmerican
Date1967
MediumDichroic glass
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 x 3 in. (6.4 x 7.6 cm)
InscribedSigned in diamond point: "Labino 1967"
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hollister
Object number94.38.2
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 117, Study Gallery Case 2
DescriptionThis dome-shaped paperweight is of colorless glass encasing two green "flowers" with colored spots, swirling internal streaks of dichroic glass appear apple green or cherry red depending on the light.