Edward Drummond Libbey, American glassmaker
By: Quentin R. Skrabec, Jr
Publisher: McFarland; Brand: McFarland; McFarland & Company
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780786463350
Subjects: Toledo Museum of Art; Libbey Glass Manufacturing Co; Glass manufacture; History
Description: "Edward Drummond Libbey changed the glass industry with his automatic bottle-making and sheet glass machines. This work examines Libbey's career, particularly his innovation of American flint cut glass, contributions to the middle-class American table through affordable glassware, and his art glass and painting collections, which eventually formed the basis for Toledo Museum of Art's collection"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.