Frank Lloyd Wright's Amazing Fallingwater

A high point of my recent trip to western Pennsylvania was a tour of

Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural masterpiece, Fallingwater.

Built in 1937 for the Kaufmann family, the home is situated over a waterfall,

melding the structure and its furnishings with the idyllic mountain setting.

Cantilevers and terraces are only two of its highly recognizable design features.

I wish I could have taken photos of the interior, but photography was not permitted.

Please put this unique landmark on your bucket list; you'll be totally infatuated!

"The concept at the heart of the Fallingwater experience-
the vision of an architecture embedded in the landscape-
evokes a powerful, spiritual connection to the natural world."
-Edgar Kaufmann, Jr.

Enjoy this 4-minute video from YouTube by Frank Carmi.

You'll like its peaceful piano accompaniment.

Learn more at the Fallingwater website.

The Corning Museum of Glass

We recently traveled to Corning, New York and visited one 

of my favorite places, the Corning Museum of Glass!

 Its many galleries include

Origins of Glassmaking,
Paperweights of the World,

The Rise of Venetian Glassmaking,

and Modern Glass.

I wanted to share some of my best photos

and to encourage you to stop in yourself 

if you're ever in that neck of the woods!

An 1867 French Baccarat punch bowl set

that had been displayed at the Paris World's Fair.

A colorful collection of snuff bottles.

An intricate English beadwork basket from the 17th century. 

A Persian enameled vase.

A Baroque glass holy water font dating 1675 - 1699.

A beautiful Salviati mosaic portrait of Elena of Montnegro, 1900.

I especially liked the reflective facets of her diamonds!

A 1907 micro-mosaic of the Basilica of San Marco.

And you know I was attracted to the glass beads!

18th, 19th & 20th century beads.

Chevron, Millefiori, Venice, Czechoslovakia.

An elaborate wager cup, Bohemia, 1880-1890.

So, what is a "wager cup?"

It has the design of a young woman whose long skirt is an upside down cup.

She is holding above her head a smaller cup that swivels on a frame. 

At wedding banquets, the groom would drink from the larger cup 

while the bride drank from the smaller cup at the same time.

A white marble tabletop, inlaid with over 

2,000 pieces of glass to create this gorgeous quilt-like mosaic!

Stained glass panels by the incomparable Frank Lloyd Wright.

Dragonflies with Water Flowers reading lamp

by Clara Driscoll for Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1899.

The Corning Museum of Glass is at

1 Museum Way, Corning, NY 14830.

Find out more at the website!

While in the area, we also visited the
Pennsylvania Grand Canyon!
See that post here.

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 Bonus~ Tiffany lamp photo bomb!