Glass: A Pocket Dictionary Of Terms Commonly Used - Corning ...
Glass: A Pocket Dictionary Of Terms Commonly Used - Corning ...
Glass: A Pocket Dictionary Of Terms Commonly Used - Corning ...
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PrEFACE<br />
This short dictionary, originally published in 1993, is intended<br />
to help students and collectors of glass to understand some of<br />
the unfamiliar words that they may encounter in books, catalogs,<br />
and museum labels. it contains definitions of words and<br />
phrases that describe glassmakers’ materials, techniques, tools,<br />
and products. Words that appear in boldface type in the definitions<br />
have their own entries elsewhere in the dictionary.<br />
The illustrations have been selected from objects in The <strong>Corning</strong><br />
Museum of <strong>Glass</strong>. They are described on pages 91–94.<br />
Many of the definitions in the original edition were based on<br />
the glossary in the catalog that accompanied the exhibition<br />
“Treasures from The <strong>Corning</strong> Museum of <strong>Glass</strong>,” which was<br />
shown at the yokohama Museum of Art in 1992. The catalog<br />
was produced jointly by the <strong>Corning</strong> and yokohama museums,<br />
and i am grateful to our Japanese colleagues for allowing the<br />
glossary to be revised and enlarged for the original <strong>Pocket</strong> <strong>Dictionary</strong>.<br />
i am indebted to William Gudenrath, Dedo von Kerssenbrock-<br />
Krosigk, stephen P. Koob, Tina oldknow, Amy schwartz, and<br />
Jane shadel spillman for numerous improvements to the<br />
revised text, and to richard W. Price and Jacolyn s. saunders<br />
for the skills they brought to the editing and designing of this<br />
publication.<br />
DAviD WHiTEHoUsE<br />
Executive Director<br />
The <strong>Corning</strong> Museum of <strong>Glass</strong><br />
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