Pirelli Glass Paperback / softback
by Bob Martin, Angela M Bowey
Part of the London Lampworkers series
Paperback / softback
Description
This is the 'go to' reference book if you are interested in Pirelli Glass.
It offers collectors a comprehensive history of Pirelli glass and its makers, from its inception in the mid 40s to 1980 when the company closed.
The book is filled with colour photographs, original black and white catalogue photographs, stories and a miriad of information on Pirelli and Vasart glass.(review by Jackie S. from Canada).Pirelli Glass offers a definitive guide to identify and learn more about Pirelli Glass.Chapter 1 - the people who worked at Pirelli Glass and the history of the company and its products.
Chapter 2 - how Pirelli came to work so closely with the famous Scottish paperweight makers Vasart, including the range of Pirelli/Vasart products.Chapter 3 - all the Pirelli glass models from the 1959 company catalogue.Chapter 4 - the glass animal cartoon figures made under license from Disney; and commissions for the Guinness Company, Ferguson and others.
Chapter 5 - later glass models from the 60s/70s, known from a later catalogue, from Pirelli advertisements, by their Pirelli labels, or confirmed by the glass artists who made them (Bob Martin and Mick Munns).Chapter 6 - Pirelli Glass decorated tableware and barware.
Appendix A- the original 1959 Pirelli Glass catalogue pages.
Appendix B - Pirelli Glass original prices.
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:130 pages
- Publisher:Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication Date:22/02/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9781484086308
Information
-
Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:130 pages
- Publisher:Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication Date:22/02/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9781484086308
