Goblet with Striped Bowl

Goblet with Striped Bowl by Unidentified (Murano, Venice, Italy)

Medium

Decorative Arts-Glass

Classification

Decorative Arts-Glass

Department

Smithsonian Collection

Museum

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Credit

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly

Accession Number

1929.8.469.8

Tags

dish

About this artwork

Inspired by international expositions, including the Venice Biennale art fairs, Murano glassmakers began around 1900 to adopt art nouveau trends, distinguished by simplified elegance. This new direction became known in Italy as the stile floreale (floral style), given its frequent flower motifs, or stile Liberty (Liberty style) in reference to London's Liberty department store, a promoter of this movement. In glassware its principal characteristics are smooth profiles and experimental use of mur...

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