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1926	Work on this object began.
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Ambassador Vase

This is a vase. It is dated 1926 and we acquired it in 1958. Its medium is mould-blown crystal ("muslin glass"). It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

Following her visit to the 1925 Paris Exposition, Agnes Miles Carpenter ordered a group of Lobmeyr’s Ambassador glassware, presumably for use on the Jules Bouy–designed dining room furniture seen in drawings nearby. Designed by Oswald Haerdtl, the pieces helped define the era’s interest in sphere and cone forms. An American’s commission of an Austrian designer and company, shown in Paris, underscores not only the nexus of creative activity in Vienna’s cross-media design collaborations but also the exposure Paris gave them.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Georgiana L. McClellan.

Glass (Austria)
glass.
Gift of Daniel Morris and Denis Gallion.
1993-134-5

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mouth-blown crystal.
Museum purchase through gift of Dale and Doug Anderson, Anonymous Donor,....
2009-18-118

No. 240 Wine Decanter With Stopper
mouth-blown crystal ("muslin glass").
Museum purchase through gift of Dale and Doug Anderson, Anonymous Donor,....
2009-18-110-a,b

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Drawing, Designs for Tall Flower Glasses, Ashtrays, Table Ornament

Drawing, Designs for Tall Flower Glasses, Ashtrays, Table Ornament
graphite on tracing paper, lined.
Gift of Frederick G. Weisser.
1958-77-1-a

A drawing, rendering of door wall elevation of dining room created using graphite and colored crayon on tracing paper (used for several iterations). The rectangular shape of the wall on a horizontal orientation with two double doors possessing eight nature-like panels and blue handles includes a roof design drawn of three horizontally placed curves that grow in pitch. Located between the double doors is a sculpture resting on a pedestal constructed of a short wrought iron fluted column. To the right and left of the double doors are wrought iron U-formed pedestals with showcases for two objects balancing the design and overlap a gridded design on the wall. Iron work accents adorn the design at edges at both walls, where the wall meets the roof and possibly around the double doors. The photograph captures the drawing with a white border.

Drawing, Rendering of Door Wall Elevation of Dining Room, Agnes Miles...
graphite, color crayon on tracing paper.
Gift of the Estate of Agnes M. Carpenter.
1958-133-5

This is a covered candy dish made of muslin glass, the thinnest mouth blown crystal. Standing on a stem that ends in a round flat bottom, the piece, once it’s covered, resembles a glass globe. On the top is another stem topped with a round finial.

Object ID #18424121
mouth-blown crystal ("muslin glass").
Museum purchase through gift of Georgiana L. McClellan.
1958-98-4-a,b

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 53.3 x 12.7 cm (21 x 5 in.)

Cite this object as

Ambassador Vase; Austria; mould-blown crystal ("muslin glass"); H x diam.: 53.3 x 12.7 cm (21 x 5 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Georgiana L. McClellan; 1958-98-42

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DPT6/
Accession Number 1958-98-42
Object ID 18696711