id: 157187 accession number: 1993.73 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.73 updated: To a Giraffe, c. 1963. Steuben Glass, Inc. (America, est. 1903). Glass; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. William C. Treuhaft 1993.73 title: To a Giraffe title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1963 creation date earliest: 1962 creation date latest: 1963 current location: creditline: Gift of Mrs. William C. Treuhaft copyright: --- culture: America, New York, Corning, 20th century technique: glass department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Glass find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Steuben Glass, Inc. (America, est. 1903) - manufacturer 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. --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Mr. and Mrs. William C. Treuhaft, Cleveland. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The image of the giraffe is created by hand engraving on the reverse side of the crystal form. digital description: This work served as the inspiration for a poem by Marianne Moore, "To a Giraffe," commissioned by the Poetry Society of America for its volume, Poetry in Crystal, published in 1963, which was a collaboration between a group of leading poets and Steuben Crystal. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES