Glass Flowers

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Glass Flowers is a renowned collection of extraordinarily detailed glass botanical models created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, housed at Harvard and celebrated for its scientific accuracy and artistic craftsmanship.

Aliases (3)
  • Harvard Glass Flowers ×1
  • Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants ×1
  • glass botanical models ×1

Statements (30)
Predicate Object
instanceOf botanical model collection
museum collection
alsoKnownAs Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants
city Cambridge, Massachusetts
collectionOf botanical models
plant models
commissionedBy Harvard University
country United States
creator Leopold Blaschka
Rudolf Blaschka
exhibitType permanent exhibition
field botany
glass art
scientific illustration
hasPart glass flowers
glass fruits
glass plant sections
housedAt Harvard Museum of Natural History
knownFor artistic craftsmanship
extraordinarily detailed glass botanical models
scientific accuracy
locatedIn Harvard University
madeOf glass
partOf Harvard University Herbaria and Botanical Museums
purpose botanical teaching
public exhibition
scientific study of plants
subjectOf art historical studies
museum catalogues
scientific publications

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Blaschka Glass Models of Plants ("Harvard Glass Flowers")
Blaschka Glass Models of Plants
Glass Flowers ("Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants")
alsoKnownAs
Leopold Blaschka ("glass botanical models")
Leopold Blaschka
notableWork
Harvard Museum of Natural History
exhibit

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