Main entry:

Pilkington Brothers (Firm), St. Helens, England, manufacturer.

Title & Author:

Cathedral and figured rolled glass / Pilkington Brothers, Ltd.

Publication:

St. Helens : Pilkington Brothers, Ltd., 1939.

Description:

55 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
Index of pattern names, page 5.
Catalog printed in England August, 1939, and reissued in August, 1950 (see label applied to title page).
"Cathedral and figured rolled glass. As this book has been published for some years, it refers to several patterns, groups and tints that are now out of date. The most recent information on these items is given in the two enclosed "Glass in Building" leaflets. Pilkington Brothers Limited, August 1950"--Label pasted to title page of catalog.
"Manufacturers of plate, sheet, wired, rolled, cathedral, Armourplate and toughened glass, Armoursheet, Insulight glass masonry, Vitrolite, Vitroflex, catheral and Vitrolite floor tiles, Vitrolite yellow black boards, Vita, Armourlight, prismatic, roof dome lights, glass slates and tiles, non-actinic glass, anti fly glass, black glass, polished opal, propagating glasses, bullions and miscellaneous pressed glass ware"--Page 53.
Includes close-up views of the varieties of patterned glass the company was manufacturing.
Non-formal textures -- Semi-formal textures -- Formal patterns -- Diffusion patterns -- Complete diffusion and obscuration patterns.
Please submit a written request for access to original.

Summary:

Flat glass pattern names: Amazon, Arctic, Arctic (small), Clear cathedral, Clouded cathedral, Double rolled cathedral, Hammered cathedral no. 1 (large), Hammered cathedral no. 2 (small), Hammered cathedral no. 3, Japanese, Kaleidoscope (large), Kaleidoscope, Majestic, Morocco (large), Morocco (small), Morocco (pinhead), Muranese no. 1 (large), Muranese no. 2 (medium), Muranese no. 3 (small), Plain cathedral, Rimpled cathedral, Rippled cathedral, Waterwrite cathedral.

Resources:
Digital reproduction of CCA copy.

Subject:

Pilkington Brothers (Firm) Catalogs.
Pilkington Brothers (Firm)
Flat glass Catalogs.
Glass, Ornamental.
Verre plat Catalogues.
Verre façonné.
figured glass.
Flat glass

Form/genre:

Catalog, Commercial
Catalogs
Trade catalogs
Catalogues commerciaux.

Holdings:

Location: Library main trade catalogues 139527
Call No.: W5881
Status: Available