Intarsia Collar

The Glass of Frederick Carder by Paul V. Gardner

p. 75 – Intarsia

In the early years of the factory, Carder called two other types of decoration Intarsia, though these are entirely different in appearance from the 1930 pieces…. One form included a crisscross design usually applied to the Aurene glass necks of vases or the borders of lampshades; it consisted of overlapping threads of glass pulled with a hook to give a zigzag pattern. These applied decorations were “rubbed down” while the glass was hot, and so were pushed into the matrix glass and actually formed an inlaid decoration, which justified the name Intarsia. This type of Intarsia decoration was also used on Tyrian and Brown Aurene, and is occasionally found on other colors.

A Couple Questions

From Bob Mueller of Minneapolis

HELLO RICK—THIS IS BOB MUELLER AND I NEED TO ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR VERY BEATUIFUL YELLOW CINTRA LAMP. I HAD THE SAME LAMP YEARS AGO ,BUT MINE WAS QUARTZ—DOES YOURS HAVE ANY CRACKLE IN IT ESPECIALLY JUST WHERE THE LAMP STARTS TO CURVE IN FROM WHERE IT IS THE WIDEST? WHEN I BOUGHT MINE I DID NOT SEE IT FOR A FEW DAYS BUT THEN I DID.

WHAT EVER IT IS IT IS A VERY BEATUIFUL PIECE OF CARDER GLASS THANKS

Next, from Leigh Alan Demrow of Janesville, WI

Alan, Vase # 6031, yellow Cintra, on the Steuben Club website said it was “iridescent”, is it iridescent?

Thanks

Cintra Vase– go to Shape Gallery-Is it Iridescent?