5/4/2019
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Introduction to the AAT
revised May 2019 For educational purposes
For
trailings (glass)
Note:
Refers to threads of glass that are applied as a
decoration, generally on the body, foot, or handle of a vessel. The threads may be la
id down in straight rows
or in a pattern or chain. Trailings were first seen in ancient Roman glass, and were also popular in medieval and later glass. They are distinct from "threadings," which are independent designs that are often partially free-standing.
Index info:
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the Note, including variant terms and related concepts, must be indexed in appropriate fields as warranted (e.g., in Related Concepts
).
Goblet, 17th century, Colorless (yellowish), transparent turquoise blue, and opaque brick red, yellow, and white nonlead glass.
Blown, trailed, pierced, vetro a retori.; H. 11 1/16 in. (28.1 cm).
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 (1975.1.1206)
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