Difference between revisions of "Vitrolite"
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A brand name for laminated glass panels. Vitrolite panels had a sheet of clear glass bonded to a sheet of opaque, colored glass. They were commonly used from 1900-1940 (Bucher 1996). Vitrolite panels were used as wall veneers, marquees and spandrels. | + | [Libbey-Owens-Ford] A brand name for laminated glass panels. Vitrolite panels had a sheet of clear glass bonded to a sheet of opaque, colored glass. They were commonly used from 1900-1940 (Bucher 1996). Vitrolite panels were used as wall veneers, marquees and spandrels. |
See [[Structural glass]] | See [[Structural glass]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:02, 25 August 2020
Description
[Libbey-Owens-Ford] A brand name for laminated glass panels. Vitrolite panels had a sheet of clear glass bonded to a sheet of opaque, colored glass. They were commonly used from 1900-1940 (Bucher 1996). Vitrolite panels were used as wall veneers, marquees and spandrels.
See Structural glass
Resources and Citations
- Carol Dyson, "Structural Glass", in Twentieth-Century Building Materials, T. Jester (ed.), McGraw-Hill: New York, 1995.
- "The Preservation of Historic Pigmented Structural Glass (Vitrolite and Carrara Glass)", Preservation Brief 12, National Park Service. Link
- The Old House Web: 'Structural Pigmented Glass' link