|
In 1897, Frank Lloyd Wright patented
a style of prismatic glass tile designed to refract and diffuse light into the building from the outside for maximum lighting efficency. These tiles were generally used in store fronts as the transoms to the larger plate glass display windows. Wright patterned this design for the Luxfer Prism Company in 1897. Some of the other tiles that were made, have a beautiful geometric flower design, a raindrop pattern, pleated design, and some were just plain. There were a total of 96 designs that Wright had patents on. A complete collection would be almost impossible to find, but if you look very hard, a number of these tiles can still be found. |
|
Luxfer made other designs, some of which are
shown below |
|
"Plain" Luxfer tile
|
|
"Panel" Luxfer Design
|
|
"F.L.W." "Flower" Design
|
|
Luxfer "Name" tile
|
|
Luxfer "Raindrop" tile
|
|
The tile at the left is a Raindrop
pattern tile made by Luxfer. The way you can tell the Luxfer tile from the American 3 way, is that the top of the drops are more rounded in the Luxfer version. American 3 Way ended up acquiring Luxfer, and had rights to produce all the designs |
|
A copy of the original patent
|
|
Copyright© 2000 by Guardfrog Designs
This web page is protected by international copyright laws.
No part of this page may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,
electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, digital recording,
or by any other information storage and retrirval system
without permission in writing by the author and/or Guardfrog Designs.
Use of any of these descriptions or photos are strictly prohibited without permission.
|
|
GLASS PRISM TILES FROM
THE LATE 19TH CENTURY |
|
LUXFER HAD OFFICES IN ALL PRINCIPAL
CITIES OF THE WORLD. HERE'S A NEAT ADVERTISING PAPERWEIGHT. |