By Culver Ltd., Georges Briard
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Elegant exquisite vintage set of 12 barware glasses designed by Georges Briard.
The glasses are decorated with gold leaf and Moroccan blue designs.
Vintage condition, with 22-karat gold leaf Moorish design.
Fantastic mid century vintage glasses by Georges Briard.
The set includes 6 highball glasses and 6 old-fashioned low ball glasses
highball glass :
Size: 5 1/2" tall,
2 .75" mouth opening diameter.
Lowball glass :
Size: 3 1/2" tall,
3.5" mouth opening diameter.
Condition: some loss of gold and the name is gone on most glasses.
Otherwise great glass condition for the age.
History of Georges Briard: Jakub Brojdo was born in the Ukraine and raised in Poland. He changed his name to Jascha (Yascha) Brojdo when he moved to Chicago in 1937 to study at the Art Institute of Chicago, where he earned his MFA.
After serving in the U.S. Army throughout World War II he moved to New York and began painting metal serving trays signing them Brodjo. (quite a nice find for a collector). He was hired by his friend Max Wille, to create designs for the M. Wille Company, who came up with the name Georges Briard to mark commercial pieces. Brodjo was also a painter and would use his real name on his art pieces.
As Georges Briard, Brodjo became an American award-winning designer, his designs stocked at high end department stores, such as Neiman Marcus and Bonwit Teller.
Georges Briard designs became hugely popular throughout the 1950s to 70s, so it is prominent through many eras, but is most notable for the Mid Century Modern, Atomic & later 70s Kitsch...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Georges Briard Glass
