Frieze
Designer John Piper British
Designer George L. Thompson American
Manufacturer Corning Glass Works, Steuben Division
Not on view
According to the 1954 catalogue for the "British Artists in Crystal" exhibition (held at the Steuben Showroom), Piper—a noted painter and watercolorist—"takes a holiday from the neo-romanticism of which he is one of the leaders in British painting today. He has deserted the Gothic for the Grecian mood, and his circling dancers print a gay rhythm upon transparency."
During the early twentieth century, the Steuben Glass Works built its reputation as a manufacturer of high-quality glassware. An especially high lead content makes their glass blanks highly refractive—a suitable foil to the detailed engraved decoration that characterizes much of the firm's output.
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