art glass
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noun
(in the late 19th and early 20th centuries) any of the several varieties of glass using combinations of colors, special effects of opaqueness and transparency, etc., to create an aesthetic effect.
any of the objects made of such glass, as lamps, vases, and the like.
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Origin of art glass
First recorded in 1925–30
Words nearby art glass
Artex, art film, art for art's sake, art form, artful, art glass, art historical, art house, arthr-, arthralgia, arthrectomy
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