Verde Iridile, Agalite, and Cuirass: These romantic trade names were the marketing monikers for a popular series of Arts & Crafts-inspired lighting shades of deceptive beauty.

A look at light fixtures, art lamps and glass, hardware and metalwork of the Arts & Crafts Revival.

Your old art glass may be precious—or it might be the output of a turn-of-the-century factory. Either way, eventually it’s going to need repair.

The terms for American art glass may be baffling, but few other details are quite so transporting as these jewel-like treasures. Here’s a clear introduction to art glass of the early 20th century (and of today’s Arts & Crafts revival).