Undercut : Cut Glass in Working-Class Life During the Long Gilded Age / Joseph Larnerd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Larnerd, Joseph, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Newark University of Delaware Press, [2026]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

How did workers experience cut glass during its cultural heyday? Rather than privilege the stories of factory owners or wealthy consumers, Undercut: Cut Glass in Working-Class Life During the Long Gilded Age refracts the medium's history through the labors required to make and maintain these dazzling artifacts as well as popular representations of this work, from demonstrations at world's fairs to images of domestic workers with finished pieces in their charge. Cut glass and the many manifestations of public interest in its labors offered working people, too, occasions for self-reflection and, perhaps, self-realization. Foregrounding their lives, Undercut offers a multifaceted social art history of a once-popular genre of decorative art that cuts across class, gender, and race.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

List of Illustrations

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1 THE WORKER IN THE WINDOW

CHAPTER 2 THE McKINLEY BOWL'S SERVICES AND DISSERVICES

CHAPTER 3 DOMESTIC REFLECTIONS

CHAPTER 4 THE BOY AND HIS BOWL

CONCLUSION

Endnotes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed June 25 2026)

ISBN:

9781644534212