单词 | favrile |
释义 | favrilen. A kind of glass characterized by rich colouring, iridescence, and enamelling. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > ornamental glass-work > [noun] > glass-colouring > other decorative or coloured glass haematinon1706 ruby glass1757 gold stone1769 aventurine1811 ruby1839 millefiori1849 schmelz1849 Venetian filigree1852 Bristol1880 favrile1902 Schmelzglas1904 overlay1940 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXIX. 8/1 The so-called ‘Favrile’ glass of Messrs. Tiffany of New York owes its effect entirely to surface colour and lustre. 1920 E. W. Bok Autobiogr. (1921) xxii. 226 Just as the ancient Egyptians and Persians had used glazed brick and tile, set in cement, as their form of wall decoration, so Mr. Tiffany had used favrile glass, set in cement. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1902 |
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