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The show is the largest indoor antiques show south of San Francisco and attracts over 100 antiques dealers from across the western United States. [4] [5] During the downturn in the economy, the 2009 show had 20 percent fewer exhibitors than usual. [6] But participation over the next two years increased again, surpassing the 2009 number.
Judson Studios is a fine arts studio specializing in stained glass located in the Highland Park section (also known as Garvanza) of northeast Los Angeles.The stained glass studio was founded in the Mott Alley section of downtown Los Angeles in the mid-1890s by English-born artist William Lees Judson and his three sons.
Sandon is a regular expert on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow. [3] When his father Henry died, on 25 December 2023, at the age of 95, Sandon said, "To the millions who tuned in every Sunday evening to watch the Antiques Roadshow, Henry was like a favourite uncle, whose enthusiasm for even the humblest piece of chipped china was infectious." [4]
Other products included stained glass windows, ornamental lamp shades, microscope glass slides, painted glassware, glass tubing and specialist types of glass. They made a 24-inch (62 cm) flint glass lens for the Craig telescope. [5] The French lens craftsman George Bontemps helped on the project, which for its day was a very large lens. [5]
The Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum (AGSEM) is a living history museum founded in 1969. It is located on 55 acres (220,000 m 2) of county-owned land at 2040 N Santa Fe Ave. on the outskirts of Vista, California. The museum is a non-profit 501c(3) organization, run by several paid employees along with volunteer help.
The reflective glass building, designed by Philip Johnson/John Burgee Architects, seats 2,248 people. [1] [2] After its completion in 1981, it was described as "the largest glass building in the world". [3] The building has one of the largest musical instruments in the world, the Hazel Wright Organ. [4] [5]
The Corning Museum of Glass is a museum in Corning, New York, United States, dedicated to the art, history, and science of glass. It was founded in 1951 by Corning Glass Works and currently has a collection of more than 50,000 glass objects, some over 3,500 years old.
Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village, also known as Bottle Village, is an art environment, located in Simi Valley, California.It was created by Tressa "Grandma" Prisbrey (1896–1988) from the 1950s to the 1970s.