Goblet with Striped Bowl
1890s-1910s
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
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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...