Imperial Carnival Shades: pressed, decorated and hand-cut
The catalogue pages shown here are all courtesy and Copyright of Jon D. Bartell.
Shown below are black and white pages from Imperial's Catalog 104-F, "Pressed Glassware for Illumination", dated around 1918. The notes in the catalogue explain that the items shown on these pages were made in "Iridescent Satin" as well as "Crystal Satin". The three Iridescent Satin colours were "Venitian Satin", "Rose Satin" and "Emerald Satin", as described in "Glassware for Illumination".
Many (if not all) of these shades will exist in Iridescent Glass! Some examples can be seen in our Imperial Lighting Gallery.
Above: the patterns shown on the page are:
Leaf Garden - #627 (top left)
Autumn Oak - #631 (top right)
Diamond Block also known as Mount Vernon(OMN) - #699 (bottom left)
#669 - the basic shape used for Optic Flute with Frosted Grapes.
Leaf Garden - #627 (top left)
Autumn Oak - #631 (top right)
Diamond Block also known as Mount Vernon(OMN) - #699 (bottom left)
#669 - the basic shape used for Optic Flute with Frosted Grapes.
Above: the shades were described as "with stencil decorations). The patterns shown on the page are:
Greek Key - #59162, #55262 and #58362 (bottom row)
Greek Key - #59162, #55262 and #58362 (bottom row)
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Above: the shades on the four catalogue pages above were described as "with new, hand cut designs".
Each page shows the same basic shapes / catalogue numbers, but the pages show a different hand-cut design.
Several of these hand-cut designs are known in Carnival, and examples can be seen in our Imperial Lighting Gallery - see link below.
The catalogue numbers on these four pages are:
#535 (top left) and #548 (bottom right) - the shape used for Nuart Smooth Panel shapes
#583 and #591 (top row centre and right) - the shape used for Nuart Plain shades
#669 - the shape used for Optic Flute with Frosted Grapes
#552 - the "large electric" shade.
Each page shows the same basic shapes / catalogue numbers, but the pages show a different hand-cut design.
Several of these hand-cut designs are known in Carnival, and examples can be seen in our Imperial Lighting Gallery - see link below.
The catalogue numbers on these four pages are:
#535 (top left) and #548 (bottom right) - the shape used for Nuart Smooth Panel shapes
#583 and #591 (top row centre and right) - the shape used for Nuart Plain shades
#669 - the shape used for Optic Flute with Frosted Grapes
#552 - the "large electric" shade.
Imperial's Catalog 104-F also included more Carnival Glass shades - "Glassware for Illumination" and "Bright Iridescent" shades. The links to these pages are shown below.
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