ANTIQUE GLASS SHADES

Antique Glass Shades

antique glass


A trade term for glass more than 25 years old.


Term used to describe art glass produced by the mouth-blown cylinder which is first blown, then annealed and colled. The cylinder is then scored lengthwise, separated and re-heated and shaped into a flat sheet.


Hand-rolled mouth-blown clear or colored glass made by old glass blowing methods.

shades


Screen from direct light


Cover, moderate, or exclude the light of


Darken or color (an illustration or diagram) with parallel pencil lines or a block of color


sunglasses: spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun; "he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades"


(shade) relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body; "it is much cooler in the shade"; "there's too much shadiness to take good photographs"


(shade) shadow: cast a shadow over