Glass Panel

Glass Panel by Stiegel's Elizabeth Furnace

Medium

Free-blown glass

Dimensions

5 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. (14.3 x 21 cm)

Classification

Glass panel

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Frederick W. Hunter, 1913

Accession Number

13.223.3

Art Historical Context

This delicate *Glass Panel*, crafted at Stiegel's Elizabeth Furnace 1763 and 1774, exemplifies early American ingenuity in glassmaking. Produced during the colonial era, when the American colonies were striving for industrial independence from European imports, it hails from the workshop of Henry William Stiegel a pioneering German immigrant entrepreneur. His Elizabeth Furnace in Manheim, Pennsylvania, among the first to manufacture high-quality flint glass on U.S. soil, marking a pivotal moment in the nation's decorative arts. The panel's medium—free-blown glass—highlights masterful traditio...

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