art glass

noun

: articles of glass designed primarily for decorative purposes
especially : novelty glassware

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Need to Know David Judson, a fifth-generation art glass maker, talks cost, quality, and why the art endures By Stacie Stukin June 16, 2025 All products featured on Architectural Digest are independently selected by our editors. Stacie Stukin, Architectural Digest, 16 June 2025 Today, the museum boasts the largest collection of site-specific, original Wright art glass and furniture. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025 Keeping reading for others, including this leather-like tissue box cover, a colorful duo of art glass vases, Jonathan Adler’s many-faced Muse candle, and more. Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2025 That’s especially true of a double-row scarab necklace Goth also wears in the film, a 1914 design crafted of art glass and gold in the workshop of Louis Comfort Tiffany by two of his most celebrated artisans and designers, Meta Overbeck and Julia Munson. Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for art glass

Word History

First Known Use

1864, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of art glass was in 1864

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“Art glass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/art%20glass. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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