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American glassware in the depression era.

A combination of original Blenko catalog pages and photographs, this book completes the Blenko story, covering the much sought after early designs and the later designs readily available to collectors. The first three color catalogs show some of the best of Blenkos early glass production, and these are featured in this latest Blenko book. The year 1983 marked the beginning of the late period. For the collector, current market values of this beautiful glass are included.

Special emphasis is given to Italian (Murano) and Scandinavian glass, with artist and designer biographies, company histories, an illustrated glossary, an illustrated section on signatures and labels, index, and a price guide. Ranging from common collectibles to museum quality art, these glass objects from the 1950s are all within that range of style, color, quality, and fun that we now identify as "fifties glass."

Herman Miller, the company that led the office furnishings revolution, is a name synonymous with the best modern residential and contract furniture. Classics by super-designers Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Isamu Noguchi and others can still be purchased from the Herman Miller for the Home collection. Their designs, plus others, are described here in detail and shown in color and black and white photographs, with original drawings by Nelson and the famous Frykholm picnic posters. A current price guide is included.

This long-awaited book will be a valuable tool for collectors, dealers, and researchers of modern Italian glass. Most comprehensive volumes are written in Italian, and none includes a value guide. This one, in English, includes information and photographs that will make this book a standard reference on the subject. With approximately 700 full color photos of almost 1000 examples of glass from 1900 to 2000, and an emphasis on the highly collectible mid-century period, nearly every company and technique is represented. Company histories, designer biographies, glossary, bibliography, index, and value guide make this an ideal reference book.