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

Aurene vase. U.S., Frederick Carder,
about 1910. H. 17.1 cm.
terized by organic foliate
forms, sinuous lines, and
non-geometric, “whiplash”
curves. Art nouveau originated
in Europe in the late
1880s, and reached the peak of
its popularity around 1900. in America,
it inspired, among others, louis Comfort Tiffany
(1848–1933). The name is derived from la Maison de
l’Art nouveau, a gallery for interior design that opened
in Paris in 1896. The German term for Art nouveau is
Jugendstil.
Aryballos (from Greek): A small globular flask with two
handles, used by the ancient Greeks and romans to contain
toilet oil.
At-the-fire: The process of reheating a blown glass object
at the glory hole during manufacture, to permit
further inflation, manipulation with tools, or fire polishing.
At-the-flame (at-the-lamp, lampworking): See Flameworking.
Aurene: A type of ornamental glass with an iridescent
surface made by spraying the glass with stannous chloride
or lead chloride and reheating it under controlled
atmospheric conditions. Aurene was developed by
Frederick Carder (1863–1963) at steuben Glass Works
in Corning, new york, in 1904.
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