Another Form of Intarsia

New Intarsia Shape #787

The Glass of Frederick Carder by Paul V. Gardner

p. 77 – Intarsia

Another form of Intarsia, called New Intarsia Ware by Carder, consisted of Gold Aurene vases with trailed decorations of leaves and stems in green, marvered into the Aurene matrix. The employee who lettered the catalog photographs (Ills. 118, 119) probably was responsible for the spelling Intarsea. Carder’s handwritten notation by No. 786 in the pattern books is “New Intarsia Ware.” Since there are only nine numbers allotted to this group (786-794), these pieces were probably made about 1905 or 1906.

from
Frederick Carder and Steuben Glass by Thomas P. Dimitroff at p. 237

Carder used the term Intarsia to refer to several techniques. The first was in reference to these New Intarsia objects, which in terms of technique are essentially decorated Verre de Soie. He also used the term to describe inlaid-looking decorative borders applied to objects, especially lamp shades. Finally, he used the term to describe his more widely known layered pieces crated by Johnny Jansson. Carder adapted this term from an Italian word meaning “inlaid.”

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