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Favrile glass is a type of iridescent art glass designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany. It was patented in 1894 and first produced in 1896. It differs from most iridescent glasses because the color is ingrained in the glass itself, as well as having distinctive coloring. Favrile glass was used in Tiffany's stained-glass windows. ==History== Tiffany founded his first glassmaking firm in 1892,〔Pevsner 2005, p. 98〕 which he called the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company.〔Craven 2003, p. 325〕 The factory, Tiffany Furnaces, was located in Corona, Queens, New York〔Lehmann 1918, p. 115〕 and managed by the skilled English immigrant Arthur J. Nash. It was here that Tiffany established his unique method of glassmaking: treating molten glass with metallic oxides that absorbed into the glass and created a luxurious iridescent surface effect. Tiffany received the patent for Favrile glass in 1894.〔Duncan 2003, p.19〕 The first Favrile objects were made in 1896.〔Tutag & Hamilton 1987, p. 152〕 In 1865, Tiffany traveled to Europe, and in London he visited The South Kensington Museum, later renamed the Victoria and Albert Museum, whose extensive collection of Roman and Syrian glass made a deep impression on him. He admired the coloration of medieval glass and was convinced that the quality of contemporary glass could be improved upon. At the 1900 Paris Exposition, Favrile glass won the grand prize in the exposition.〔Burlingham 2002, p. 89〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「favrile glass」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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