Difference between revisions of "Vitrolite"

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[[File:Vitriolit colors.jpg|thumb|Colors 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.
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[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 10:02, 25 August 2020

Colors of Vitrolite

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