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.
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
Ruffled Glass Shade with Black or Dark Grey Trim
A lamp shade found at a local thrift store, in the vase section. Very, very dirty. Cleaned it up.
I thought it might be a Fenton, but now, I'm leaning more toward late 1800's/early 1900's gas lamp. It is definitely 100% blown glass. Going to do more research.
2/27/09 - not having much luck in finding out when this was made. Consensus of a couple of folks say around the 1940s.
tulip shade
A reproduction arts & crafts period tulip shade inside the front door. This little shade is unbelievably beautiful with green, gold and pink iridescent glass. Hand made.