Imperial Carnival "Glassware for Illumination"
The catalogue pages shown here are all courtesy and Copyright of Jon D. Bartell.
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Shown below are colour pages from Imperial's Catalog 104-F, "Pressed Glassware for Illumination", dated around 1918. The shades on these three catalogue pages, 5-F, 7-F and 9-F are all listed as "Satin NUART" shades. As Imperial described them: "All our Satin shades, crystal as well as iridescent, are densely sand frosted by hand, on the outside." Imperial also described the three individual satin colours as shown here on the right. |
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Helen Greguire (author of “Carnival Glass in Lights” 1975) described the Venitian Satin iridescent colour as pastel marigold.
The pattern names she gave them are:
Nuart Plain - #591 / 6 and #583 / 6 (top middle and right)
Nuart Drape (Pastel Nuart Drape) - #633 B / 6 (top left)
Primrose Panels - #605 C / 6 (bottom left)
Greek Key - #59162 / 6 and #58362 / 6 (bottom middle and right)
The pattern names she gave them are:
Nuart Plain - #591 / 6 and #583 / 6 (top middle and right)
Nuart Drape (Pastel Nuart Drape) - #633 B / 6 (top left)
Primrose Panels - #605 C / 6 (bottom left)
Greek Key - #59162 / 6 and #58362 / 6 (bottom middle and right)
Helen Greguire described the Rose Satin iridescent colour as a deeper marigold [than Venitian Satin], almost dark red with flashes of green and gold, softened by frosting. The pattern names she gave them are:
Primrose Panels - #630 / 7 (top left).
Nuart Smooth Panel - #548 / 7, #594 / 7 and #535 / 7 (top right, centre page, and bottom right)
Coral Shell - #632 / 7 (bottom left)
Primrose Panels - #630 / 7 (top left).
Nuart Smooth Panel - #548 / 7, #594 / 7 and #535 / 7 (top right, centre page, and bottom right)
Coral Shell - #632 / 7 (bottom left)
Helen Greguire described the Emerald Satin iridescent colour as a brilliant green with red, yellow and golden tints. The pattern names she gave them are:
Leaf Garden - #627 C / 8 (top middle)
Nuart Drape - #633 N / 8 (top right)
Primrose Panels - #605 N / 8 (bottom left)
Melon - #559 / 8 (bottom middle)
Imperial #616 - #616 N / 8 (bottom right)
Leaf Garden - #627 C / 8 (top middle)
Nuart Drape - #633 N / 8 (top right)
Primrose Panels - #605 N / 8 (bottom left)
Melon - #559 / 8 (bottom middle)
Imperial #616 - #616 N / 8 (bottom right)
Imperial's Catalog 104-F also included more Carnival Glass shades - "Bright Iridescent" shades and more "NUART" shades (pressed, decorated and hand-cut). The links to these pages are shown below.
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