Victorian Beveled Glass Fireplace Screen

If you look up beveled glass in Wikipedia it will explain that its usually made by taking  a pane of clear glass that’s a quarter of an inch thick and then creating a one inch bevel – that being a cut that is something other than ninety degrees – around the entire circumference.  The practice came about as a way to embellish plain, clear glass and create light refracting prisms to highlight the work. An extraordinary example of the technique can be seen with this Victorian Beveled Fireplace Screen. (more…)