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ID: 300391294
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300391294

 

Record Type: concept
gold glass (visual works) (glassware, <visual works by material or technique>, ... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Glass objects that are decorated with designs cut or engraved in gold leaf and sandwiched between two fused layers of clear glass. Prime examples are Hellenistic and ancient Roman bowls and plates. In order to fit together, the inner and outer bowls or plates had to be made to an exact and predetermined shape and size, by a hot process that included slumping the glass into or over a ceramic mold or form. The gold foil decoration was stuck to the outer wall of the inner bowl or other shape, using an adhesive such as gum arabic. The two glass bowls or plates were then fused together by heating in a kiln.
 
Terms:
gold glass (visual works) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,U)
glass, gold (visual works) (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
gold sandwich glass (visual works) (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
sandwich gold glass (visual works) (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
sandwich gold-glass (visual works) (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
goudglas (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.PE

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
.... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Visual Works (hierarchy name)
........ Visual Works (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of visual works (works)
............ visual works (works) (G)
Hierarchy of <visual works by material or technique>
................ <visual works by material or technique> (G)
Hierarchy of glassware
.................... glassware (G)
Hierarchy of gold glass (visual works)
........................ gold glass (visual works) (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Glazen voorwerpen die versierd zijn met ontwerpen die zijn uitgesneden of gegraveerd in bladgoud dat tussen twee samengesmolten lagen helder glas is aangebracht. Belangrijke voorbeelden zijn Helleense en oud-Romeinse schalen en borden. De binnen- en buitenschalen of de binnen- en buitenborden moesten precies de juiste vorm en grootte hebben om op elkaar te passen. Hiervoor werd een proces gebruikt waarbij glas bij hoge temperatuur in of over een mal of vorm van keramiek werd gegoten. De bladgouddecoratie werd op de buitenkant van de binnenschaal (of andere vorm) aangebracht met een hechtmiddel, bijvoorbeeld Arabische gom. De twee schalen of borden werden vervolgens in een oven samengesmolten 

Related concepts:
distinguished from ....  sandwich glass
..................................  (pressed glass, <glass by technique>, ... Materials (hierarchy name)) [300207375]

Sources and Contributors:
glass, gold (visual works)............  [GCI, VP]
...............................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
gold glass (visual works)............  [GCI Preferred, VP Preferred]
............................................  AATA database (2002-) accessed 5 May 2014
............................................  British Museum [online] (1999-)
............................................  Corning Museum of Glass [online] (2002-) accessed 5 May 2014
gold sandwich glass (visual works)............  [VP]
...........................................................  J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
goudglas............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
.................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.................  UvA Talen
.................  Van Dale Online Woordenboek (2014-)
sandwich gold glass (visual works)............  [VP]
...........................................................  British Museum [online] (1999-)
sandwich gold-glass (visual works)............  [VP]
...........................................................  British Museum [online] (1999-)
 
Subject: .....  [VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [GCI, VP]
.......... AATA database (2002-) accessed 5 May 2014
.......... British Museum [online] (1999-)
.......... Corning Museum of Glass [online] (2002-) accessed 5 May 2014
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... UvA Talen
.......... Van Dale Online Woordenboek (2014-)

 

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