Details

Title

Ruba Rombic Vase

Artist/Maker

Reuben Haley (American, 1872– 1933), designer
Consolidated Lamp & Glass Company, American, 1893 – 1963, manufacturer
(American, 1893–1963)

Date

introduced 1928, made ca. 1930

Medium

Blown and molded glass

Dimensions

15 3/4 x 10 x 10 inches

Credit

Purchase in honor of Nancy Alexander, President of the Members Guild, 1999-2000, with funds from the Decorative Arts Acquisition Trust

Accession #

2000.6

On View

On View - Stent Family Wing, Level 3, Gallery 310

The Ruba Rombic line was introduced at the Consolidated Lamp and Glass Company, a major American glass-making center located just outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The soaring verticality of the Ruba Rombic vase connected it to the skyscrapers being erected in many American cities, particularly in New York, while the multi-planed surfaces were clearly inspired by the contemporary Cubist movement in painting and sculpture. The line was one of the true modernist glass lines introduced by an industrial manufacturer in the 1920s.

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