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Object NameCoaster

Factory Corning Inc.

Maker Lorenzo Porcelli

Made FromNon-lead fotoform

Date1993

Place MadeUnited States

SizeOverall Diam: 8.3 cm

Accession Number95.4.360 B

Credit LineGift of Susanne K. Frantz

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Mutant Materials in Contemporary Design

Not On View

Physical DescriptionOpaque black non-lead fotoform; photosensitive glass has photographic image transferred to it and submitted to light, then acid-etched. Flat circular disk: opaque black, both sides decorated with intaglio line drawing of a section of the Corning Incorporated headquarters located on the banks of the Chemung River, image sits within a circular, very narrow linear border; chipped side section reveals that disk is a "sandwich" of two layers of glass, one is solid black, the other fades from black at the exterior to colorless.
Provenance

Source Susanne K. Frantz - 1995