"Table Architecture," Pristine Line Designer: Wilber L. Orme, Sr. (American, 1889–1972)
Manufacturer: Cambridge Glass Company (American, 1901–1958)

Designed 1937; manufactured 1937–48

American Decorative Arts

On view, 3rd floor, Modern and Contemporary Art and Design

Medium

Pressed soda-lime glass

Dimensions

stepped candle holders: 5 3/8 × 5 1/4 × 2 1/8 in. (13.7 × 13.3 × 5.4 cm)
cubical candle holders: 2 3/8 × 2 1/8 × 2 1/8 in. (6 × 5.4 × 5.4 cm)
round bowl: H. 2 3/4 × Diam. 7 7/8 in. (7 × 20 cm)
rectangular vase: 8 × 4 × 4 in. (20.3 × 10.2 × 10.2 cm)

Credit Line

John C. Waddell Collection, Gift of John C. Waddell, B.A. 1959

Accession Number

2012.124.4.1-.10

Geography

Designed in Cambridge, Ohio, Manufactured in Cambridge, Ohio

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Containers

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Purchased by John C. Waddell, New York, 1999
Bibliography

  • John Stuart Gordon, American Glass: The Collections at Yale (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2018), 234–35, no. 121, fig. 121A.
  • John Stuart Gordon et al., A Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920–1950 (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2011), 166–67, no. 106.
  • Kristina Wilson, Livable Modernism: Interior Decorating and Design during the Great Depression (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2004), 70-71, fig. 2.16.

Object copyright
Copyright Artist/Estate/Foundation
In Copyright
Additional information

Marks

"GENUINE / HANDMADE / CAMBRIDGE [gothic font] / MADE IN U.S.A." on an oval sticker affixed to centerpiece bowl and rectangular vase

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