Glass: A Pocket Dictionary Of Terms Commonly Used - Corning ...

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Arabesque: (1) in islamic art, an intricate pattern of interlaced
ornament consisting of curvilinear stems and
tendrils that terminate in leaves; (2) in renaissance and
later European art, a pattern of interlaced curvilinear
stems, scrolls, and leaves, sometimes containing animal
motifs.
Argand lamp: An oil-burning lamp with a glass chimney,
named for the swiss physicist and inventor Aimé
Argand (1750–1803), who invented the tubular wick
burner in 1782. Argand lamps are efficient because the
tubular wick feeds oxygen to the flame and the chimney
increases the draft.
Art Deco (from French, Exposition internationale des
Arts Décoratifs et industriels Modernes, an exhibition
in Paris in 1925): A style of design that originated in
the 1920s and was popular in western Europe and the
United states in the 1930s. Art Deco is distinguished
by simple, streamlined shapes and frequently by nonrepresentational
motifs.
Art Nouveau vase.
France, Emile Gallé,
1903. H. 17.8 cm.
Art Glass: (1) several types of
glass with newly developed surface
textures, shaded colors,
or casing, made in the United
states from about 1870 and in
Europe between about 1880
and 1900; (2) more generally,
especially when written “art
glass,” any ornamental
glassware made since the
mid-19th century.
Art Nouveau (from French,
“new art”): An international
late 19th- and early 20th-century
decorative style charac-