The life work of the famed Steuben technician and designer, including all his achievements in the world of glassmaking by Paul V. Gardner 400 photographs, over 80 in full color, 7,000 catalog line drawings
This high quality reprint of The Glass of Frederick Carder is the definitive record of one of the most talented and influential leaders in American glassmaking, the distinguished co-founder of the Steuben Glass Works, Frederick Carder. Described in detail and pictured in 32 pages of color and hundreds of B&W photographs & drawings are all the special works of art which brought Carder his much justified fame. Included is the glorious iridescent Aurene in its various rich hues, Cintra, the Verre de Soie, Cyprian, Intarsia, the Tyrian, Ivrene, Cluthra, Diateta, and others. Many have been imitated but none have ever been duplicated.
Author, Paul Gardner served as Carder's assistant for 10 years and remained a devoted friend for 30 more. Mr. Gardner was uniquely qualified to tell Carder's story explaining his methods and techniques. Exhaustive research enabled Mr. Gardner to list all the varied colors Carder used and the names of the scores of patterns in which his glass was engraved, cut, & etched. Of particular interest to the sophisticated collector will be the chapter telling of carder's rediscovery of the lost wax process, and the reproduction of the various Steuben trademarks and Carder's signatures.
Three hundred black-and-white photographs of the great glass maker and specimens of his work enrich the book further. Approximately 7,000 line drawings from the Steuben catalogs, along with identifying numbers, will be especially useful in detecting forgeries.
Price: $54.69
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