Vase in Ruba Rombic pattern with "French Crystal" finish
Designer: Reuben Haley (American, 1872-1933)
Manufacturer: Consolidated Lamp & Glass (American)
Date: 1928-1932
Dimensions:
H: 39.7 cm (15 5/8 in.); W: 22.4 cm (8 13/16 in.)
Medium: Colorless glass; mold-blown, acid-etched
Place of Origin: Coraopolis, Pennsylvania
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1993.60
Label Text:Named for a Persian form of poetry (ruba’i) and the geometric term for an irregular shape with no right angles (“rhombus”), the line of glass known as “Ruba Rombic” was the most extreme expression of the Art Deco style produced by an American glasshouse. Most of Reuben Haley’s other designs borrowed heavily from French glass made by René Lalique (see his works in this gallery), but in Ruba Rombic he created something wholly original. The overlapping angular planes of the geometric design recall the deconstruction of space typical of Cubism.
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