One of Twenty-Three Sheets of Drawings of Glassware (Mirrors, Chandeliers, Goblets, etc.)
Medium
Tissue with pencil, pen and ink, and watercolor
Dimensions
sheet: 13 9/16 x 19 7/16 in. (34.4 x 49.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967
Accession Number
67.788.23
Tags
About the Artist
Compagnia di Venezia e Murano · 1872–1909
**Compagnia di Venezia e Murano: Reviving Ancient Glass Mastery** The Compagnia di Venezia e Murano (C.V.M.), a pioneering Venetian glass firm, emerged from the vision of English archaeologist Austen Henry Layard, antiquarian William Drake, and lawyer Antonio Salviati, who founded it in 1866 in London as Salviati & C. Layard, drawing on his expertise in ancient artifacts, directed the company—ren...