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Under Glass: A Victorian Obsession

A lecture by John Whitenight

The bell jar, or glass parlor dome, is synonymous with our memory of the Victorian Age (1837 - 1901). During the 19th century, these blown glass forms were referred to not as domes but as shades, and graced nearly every parlor, protecting a broad variety of treasures–including miniature tableaux, waxworks, natural history specimens, taxidermy of exotic birds and pets, automatons, and delicate arrangements of hairwork, featherwork, and shellwork–from dust and curious fingers.

8:00 PM
Thursday, June 2nd

Observatory

543 Union Street (at Nevins), Brooklyn, NY 11215

Now playing: Bobb Trimble - Glass Menagerie Fantasies