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Object NameFiberglass Tie
Maker Libbey Glass Company (f. 1892)
Made FromFiberglass, Cardboard
Date1893
Place MadeUnited States
Size(a) L (flat, doubled): 37 cm, W: (doubled) 8 cm, Th: 3.5 cm (estimates); (b) L (flat, doubled): 32.4 cm, W (doubled): 9.5 cm, Th: 3.8 cm
Accession Number80.4.191
Credit LineGift of William Vetter
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
2300 Degrees: The Glass Experience
On ViewGlass Innovation Center. Vessels Gallery.
Interpretive Notes
This tie was a souvenir of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893.
Physical DescriptionFiberglass Tie. Light blue Fiberglas; cardboard. Length of Fiberglas material, braided and sewn on each end, in original box marked "LIBBEY GLASS CO./WORKS'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION/CHICAGO/1893-/PRINCIPAL FACTORY/TOLEDO OHIO".
Provenance
Source William Vetter

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