In 1961, the Poetry Society of America, in cooperation with Steuben, invited a number of American poets to submit new poems from which Steuben glass designers might derive themes for designs in crystal. This work was inspired by a poem by Marianne Moore, "To a Giraffe." Made by Steuben, the glass design was by Lloyd Atkins, and the engraving design by Frank Eliscu.

Steuben Glass, Inc.

founded in 1903 with F. Carder as manager and specializing in decorative pieces. It was absorbed by the Corning Glass Works in 1918. In 1933 the name was revived as a department of the Corning Corporation.

Provenance

1993

Mr. and Mrs. William C. Treuhaft, Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1993–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Steuben Glass. Poetry in Crystal. Interpretations in crystal of thirty-one new poems by contemporary American poets. New York: The Spiral Press, 1963. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 45.