Images(5)

Bowl

Object number2023.126.3

Manufacturer United States Glass Company (1891 - 1962)

Date1899

OriginUSA

MediumGlass; Applied decoration

Credit LineGift of Anne P. Madarasz

DescriptionPink glass bowl with gold-colored applied decoration. Bowl has an oval base that connects to a rounded, oval-shaped body and mouth; two ends of the bowl are shaped like spouts, and sides have a large bump in the middle with two smaller bumps on either side. Base has a foot and a raised oval in the center with ridges radiating outward. Ridges continue on bottom of bowl in a border around the foot. After the ridges there's a an uneven border of smooth glass before sides of bowl become textured. Sides of bowl have a raised flower and leaf pattern. Rim has a second uneven border of smooth glass; borders and raised pattern gold-colored.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 4.125 x 11.5 x 7.625 in. (10.5 x 29.2 x 19.4 cm)
Historical NotesDelaware pattern bowl. Irene Pasinski Sailer was an artist, the founder of Irene Pasinski Associates, and a founder of the Carnival of Three Rivers which later became the Three Rivers Regatta. She was born on October 14, 1923 to Anthony and Mary Waichler. After earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1945 from Carnegie Tech, now Carnegie Mellon University, she attended Ecole du Louvre, and Institut d'Art Applique a l'Industrie in Paris, France on a Fulbright Fellowship. Pasinski returned to Pittsburgh and founded Irene Pasinski Associates, a product design firm, in 1956 where she remained the director until 1995. Her firm designed products for Lenox China and The Franklin Mint, among others, and designed signage for the Pittsburgh International Airport. While building her business, Pasinski concentrated on her career as an artist exhibiting in Pittsburgh and New York and serving as a board member and as a president of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh. She began in the 1940s by creating abstract impressionistic paintings. Later, she worked in mixed media sculptural and relief forms. Pasinski's influence in Pittsburgh went beyond the art world. She initiated the Carnival of Three Rivers in 1976 which became the Three Rivers Regatta, an annual event since 1977. Pasinski also served on the board of directors of the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts where she was also president. Pasinski died on June 19, 2002 in Turtle Creek, Pa.

Collector Irene Pasinski Sailer (1923 - 2002)

Related institution Irene Pasinski Associates

Related institution Carnegie Mellon University

Related institution Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre

Related institution Pittsburgh Center for the Arts

Subjects

Terms

On View

Not on view