Masterpieces of glass: A world history from the Corning Museum of Glass (A Corning Museum of Glass monograph)

by Robert J. Charleston

This book is an attempt to present the history of glass through the collections of The Corning Museum of Glass. Opened in 1951, the museum has acquired through gift and purchase nearly twenty thousand glasses from all periods, and displays one of the most comprehensive collections of glass in the world.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081091753X
• ISBN13: 9780810917538
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: H. N. Abrams
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 4.95 lbs.