Blenko: Cool '50s and '60s Glass

by Leslie Pina

0 ratings • 0 reviews • 0 shelved
Book cover for Blenko: Cool '50s and '60s Glass

Bookhype may earn a small commission from qualifying purchases. Full disclosure.

Named after its founder, Englishman William Blenko, Blenko Glass Company, Inc. began producing stained glass in America in the late nineteenth century. It remains one of the few glass factories in the United States still making modern hand blown production glass. Recently, collectors have been scooping up Blenko designs from the company's middle years of production, the 1950s and 1960s. Three outstanding designers were responsible for the entire design repertoire of that era--Winslow Anderson, Wayne Husted, and Joel Myers. Over 675 color photographs of Blenko glass (courtesy of Blenko Visitors' Center Museum, the Huntington Museum of Art, and private collections), detailed captions, information about the designers, the never-before-published 1960 catalog, bibliography, and index make this book a valuable reference.
  • ISBN13 9780764322501
  • Publish Date 7 December 2005 (first published 6 June 2000)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Schiffer Publishing Ltd
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 208
  • Language English