Glass

About this eBook

Author

Dillon, Edward, -1914

Credits

Produced by David Garcia, Sonya Schermann, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

NK: Fine Arts: Decorative and Applied Arts, Decoration and Ornament

Subject

Glassware

Category

Text

eBook-No.

46877

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46877

Release Date

September 16, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.GLASS
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION — Properties and Composition of Glass — The Decay of Glass
6. 6.CHAPTER II THE PRIMITIVE GLASS OF THE EGYPTIANS AND SYRIANS — Glass in the Mycenæan Age — Later Survivals of the Primitive Glass — The Primitive Glass of Western Asia
7. 7.CHAPTER III THE LATER GREEK GLASS AND THE MOULDED AND CAST GLASS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE — Early Roman Glass — Millefiori Glass — Colours of Roman Glass — Wall Decoration of Glass — Moulded Glass
8. 8.CHAPTER IV THE BLOWN GLASS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE — Enamelling on Glass — Engraved and Sculptured Glass — Roman Glass in Britain
9. 9.CHAPTER V EARLY CHRISTIAN GLASS, BYZANTINE GLASS, AND THE GLASS OF THE MIDDLE AGES IN THE EAST AND THE WEST.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI GLASS FROM ANGLO-SAXON AND FRANKISH TOMBS. THE SO-CALLED HEDWIG GLASSES
11. 11.CHAPTER VII MEDIÆVAL TREATISES ON GLASS
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII GLASS OF THE LATER MIDDLE AGES IN WESTERN EUROPE
13. 13.CHAPTER IX THE ENAMELLED GLASS OF THE SARACENS
14. 14.CHAPTER X THE ENAMELLED GLASS OF THE SARACENS— continued — Mosque Lamps
15. 15.CHAPTER XI THE GLASS OF VENICE—THE ORIGINS—BEADS
16. 16.CHAPTER XII THE ENAMELLED VENETIAN GLASS OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII VARIETIES OF VENETIAN GLASS—EARLY LITERATURE
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV THE FRENCH GLASS OF THE RENAISSANCE
19. 19.CHAPTER XV THE RENAISSANCE GLASS OF THE SPANISH NETHERLANDS AND OF SPAIN — Spanish Glass
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI THE GLASS OF GERMANY The Green Glass of the Rhine and the Netherlands—Enamelled Glass — Venetian Influence in Germany — Enamelling on German Glass — Painted and Gilt Glass
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII THE GLASS OF GERMANY— continued German Cut and Engraved Glass—The Ruby Glass of Kunckel—Milch Glass
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII DUTCH GLASS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX ENGLISH GLASS OF THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES
24. 24.CHAPTER XX ENGLISH GLASS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURY GLASS OF PERSIA, INDIA, AND CHINA
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII CONTEMPORARY GLASS
27. 27.INDEX
28. 28.Transcriber's Notes

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