Publisher's Synopsis
circa Fifties Glass from Europe & America includes the Italian and Scandinavian designer art glass usually referred to as "Fifties glass," plus a more popular modern glassware produced in factories, especially in the United States and Italy. This colorful and highly collectible glass is presented in nearly 500 full color and black and white photographs, plus never-before-published catalog pages, with detailed information on 88 designers and makers, design lists for Barovier & Toso and for Venini, glossary, bibliography, index, and value guide. The book is a must for collectors and researchers of mid-century glassware, by the author of numerous books on decorative arts including Fifties Glass and Popular '50s & '60s Glass: Color Along the River.
