fabrile, stained glass,Tiffany

fabrile
a.[L. fabrilis, fr. faber workman. See Forge.]
Pertaining to a workman, or to work in stone, metal, wood etc.; as, fabrile skill.

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The opalescent colored glass used in many stained glass designs was developed by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Tiffany was born on this date in 1848, the son of Charles Louis Tiffany, founder of the famous jewelry store. Though he became famous for his lamps, vases, murals and windows, he also designed jewelry and, upon his father's death, he became art director of Tiffany & Co. He called the glass blown from his furnaces Favrile, after the Old English word fabrile, meaning hand-wrought. Many of Tiffany's pieces are exhibited in NY's Metropolitan Museum of Art, and in the Neustadt Museum of Tiffany Art (NYC).

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"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within." — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

许对我来说，蒂凡尼这个词最早的印象来自奥黛丽赫本的那部电影：《蒂凡尼的早餐》，也正是通过这部电影我才知道蒂凡尼是一个首饰的品牌。今天说的是蒂凡尼创始人Charles Louis Tiffany的儿子Louis Comfort Tiffany，它出生在1848年的今天。不过这位Louis Comfort Tiffany是因为他的灯、花瓶和窗而出名，尽管他也设计珠宝。

在许多彩色玻璃中的许多乳白色颜色玻璃正是他发展的，他称自己的工作室吹制的作品为Favrile，模仿了古英语单词fabrile，意思是手工制作。许多蒂凡尼的作品都进入了Metropolitan Museum of Art。下面是他的一些作品：

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By subula

2009.02.18